New Best Friend
| New Best Friend | |
|---|---|
Sony Pictures Releasing[1]) | |
Release date | April 12, 2002 |
Running time | 91 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $8 million[3] |
| Box office | $46,375[4] |
New Best Friend is a 2002 American psychological thriller film based on a story by author James Edwards. The film was originally owned by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, which eventually lost the rights to it. Later, Sony Pictures acquired the rights to distribute the film in the United States and some other territories mainly on home video;[5][2] the film was ultimately released theatrically in the United States in a limited release by TriStar Pictures on April 12, 2002.[6] It was a critical and box office bomb. [7]
Plot summary
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A North Carolina sheriff (Taye Diggs) investigates the near-fatal drug overdose of a working class college girl (Mia Kirshner) and discovers many sordid details of her life before and during her descent into drugs and debauchery.[8]
Cast
- Mia Kirshner as Alicia Campbell
- Meredith Monroe as Hadley Ashton
- Dominique Swain as Sidney Barrett
- Rachel True as Julianne Livingstone
- Eric Michael Cole as Warren
- Scott Bairstow as Trevor
- Taye Diggs as Sheriff Artie Bonner
- Oliver Hudson as Josh
- Joanna Canton as Sarah
- Dean James as Max
- Glynnis O'Connor as Connie Campbell
- Ralph Price as Eddie
Reception
Critical response
On Rotten Tomatoes, it has a rating of 5%.[9]
Box office
It grossed $8 million against a budget of $46,375.[10][7]
Notes
- ^ a b "New Best Friend (2002)". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
- ^ a b "Crash registers at B.O." Variety. 14 April 2002. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
- ^ "Columbia, Winchester take over New Best Friend". Screen Daily. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
- ^ New Best Friend at Box Office Mojo
- ^ "Columbia, Winchester take over New Best Friend". Screen Daily. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
- ^ "New Best Friend". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
- ^ a b "Columbia, Winchester take over New Best Friend". Screen Daily. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
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- ^ "New Best Friend reviews". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved March 19, 2024.
- ^ New Best Friend at Box Office Mojo
External links
- New Best Friend at IMDb
- New Best Friend at AllMovie
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