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With: Tim Robinson, Paul Rudd, Kate Mara, Jack Dylan Grazer, Josh Segarra, Billy Bryk, Jason Veasey, Jon Glaser, Eric Rahill, Conner O'Malley, Carmen Christopher, Craig Frank, Omar Torres, Jacob Ming-Trent, Daniel London, Whitmer Thomas, Raphael Sbarge, Ivy Wolk, Meredith Garretson
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Written by: Andrew DeYoung
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Directed by: Andrew DeYoung
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MPAA Rating: R for language and some drug content
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Running Time: 101
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Date: 05/09/2025
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With Friends Like These...
By Jeffrey M. Anderson
The success of this cringe-comedy depends mostly on your tolerance for the supremely annoying Craig (Tim Robinson). I could not tolerate him at all. He probably has low self-esteem, but he behaves arrogantly, and stupidly. I think the film wants us to laugh at the fact that he is always and forever doing the wrong thing, often drastically so, but it's a one-dimensional kind of humor.
Craig and his wife Tami (Kate Mara) find they have a new neighbor in Austin (Paul Rudd), a cool TV weather man. When Craig brings him a wrongly-delivered package, Austin seems interested in striking up a friendship, which flatters Craig. Craig rarely says anything from the heart, though, and only says things he thinks Austin will find cool. Craig really blows it in a get-together with some of Austin's other friends, and Craig is told he's no longer invited around.
Throughout the movie, Craig does idiotic things like taking his wife to explore an underground tunnel system — introduced to him by Austin — and getting her lost, or accidentally stealing a gun while breaking into Austin's home, or trying to make himself the center of attention at gatherings. You just want to slap him. Rudd and Mara are almost good enough to save the film, however, and they keep it from being totally worthless.
A24's Blu-ray release comes with a commentary track by writer-director Andrew DeYoung, cinematographer Andy Rydzewski and actor Conner O'Malley. There are deleted scenes (8 minutes), an extended scene (12 minutes), and a weird conversation with DeYoung, Robinson, Rudd, and actor Eric Rahill, filmed, for some reason, entirely in the dark. The DigiPack box includes six "art cards."
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