Just Friends
Jamie, a high school cheerleader rejects Chris when he tells her he loves her by saying she just want to be friends. Disheartened, Chris goes to live in another country where he changes himself to be a playboy. He then returns to his hometown after 10 years, and sees Jamie. He desires to redeem his past be asking her out again, but soon discovers that it is even harder than before.
23 June 1971, Port Moody, British Columbia, Canada
28 January 1974, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
15 June 1955, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
17 November 1951, Sarasota, Florida, USA
29 November 1976, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
March 29, 2011
Not particularly original, Just Friends works largely due to Reynolds' screen charisma and comic timing, but it does work, and works well.
July 23, 2008
Despite a rich premise, Just Friends ultimately fails to live up to its early potential, settling into broad comedy that shortchanges the romantic possibilities.
November 28, 2005
Just Friends hangs its crude, clobbering sense of humor on a dubious theory.
June 09, 2006
Um bom conceito (e não estou dizendo que este é bom) só funciona quando amparado por um bom roteiro. E definitivamente não é isto que ocorre aqui.
November 28, 2005
A barbed romantic comedy with a distinct debt to the Farrelly brothers' gross-out-plus-sentimentality formula, Just Friends is a welcome antidote to the usual seasonal sweetness.
November 28, 2005
Just Friends is part Farrelly Brothers and part Romy and Michele's High School Reunion, all wrapped together to deliver gross-out gags in bizarrely random and rapid-fire fashion, with zero intent to develop sustainable plot or character.
November 23, 2005
In all, it's not too bad and it's not too long, and any movie that sets Santa on fire is okay by me.
November 28, 2005
... while the ending might be a foregone conclusion, getting there involves just enough slapstick manful idiocy to keep the humor moving at a clip.
April 29, 2009
Embraces its silliness and still comes out a mostly hilarious experience...
May 04, 2006
Every single person operates with the maturity and common sense of a dog chasing its tail. Into a tree.
November 29, 2005
Just Friends is just stupid.
March 01, 2007
No one will be surprised by the plot machinations that ensue, but the film is saved from utter tedium thanks to a relatively intelligent screenplay and the amiability of the leads.
