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Movie Mayhem – Our Friend

Posted by Bryan Caron in Entertainment, Film, Movies, Reviews on January 24, 2021

Our Friend — 2021; Directed by Gabriela Cowperthwaite; Starring Casey Affleck, Dakota Johnson, Jason Segel, Isabella Kai and Violet McGraw

Casey Affleck had some big shoes to fill when he followed his brother into acting. But where Ben traveled the blockbuster path after winning an Oscar for Good Will Hunting and become an overnight action star, little brother Casey dug his roots into the independent film market (with only a few big-budget films to his credit). Over the years, Affleck has built a resume of modest, sincere melodramatic roles that show off his incredible pathos. For this reason, I haven’t seen many of Affleck’s films, as they tend not to be of interest to me. But due to the continued pandemic, there still aren’t a lot of films out there right now, so I figured I’d check out his newest film, Our Friend, and I was pleasantly surprised by the film’s earnest look into a man struggling to stay afloat as he witnesses the extreme heartache of cancer.

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