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Westfeldt and Adam Scott (of TV’s Parks and Recreation) play best friends who live in the same Manhattan apartment building and share their most intimate thoughts with each other. They also share an upscale lifestyle with two other couples, played by Kristen Wiig and Jon Hamm and Maya Rudolph and Chris O’Dowd, making this something of a Bridesmaids cast reunion. When one of the couples announces that they’re about to have a baby, Westfeldt and Scott are appalled, at first, to lose their friends to such a conventional way of life, then resign themselves to the inevitable. With her biological clock ticking loudly, the two pals decide to make a baby together and share the responsibility for its parenting, even though they aren’t sexually attracted to one another. This being a romantic comedy—albeit an indie version and not a Hollywood studio concoction—you know full well that their plan is bound to go awry.
Every member of the cast gets a chance to shine, including Westfeldt’s real-life partner Hamm, as well as Edward Burns and even Megan Fox. But it’s Westfeldt and the very likable Scott who anchor the film and make it worthwhile. The romantic comedy genre isn’t dead; it just needs people with fresh ideas like this to keep it healthy.
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3 Comments
Robin | May 19, 2012 1:56 AM
I just watched this film and was dismayed at how selfishness and godlessness is held up as something to root for. There was almost a glimmer of hope at the end when Adam's character returns to his 'love'...but shows his love is all in his pants when he says 'I want to f*@k you to death'-wow, how romantic. Save your money, people!
Katie | March 17, 2012 1:06 AM
I just watched Friends With Kids at filmswoop.com. It's free and in good quality. Check it out!
MAryK | March 9, 2012 6:30 PM
â"It's a rare occasion when I relate better to the character played by Megan Fox...."
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