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Peter's Friends

1992

Kenneth Branagh

Emma Thompson, Kenneth Branagh, Hugh Laurie, Stephen Fry ...

7.0

11,524

Drama. Comedy After his father's death, the grieving Peter invites a group of college friends, who have been separated for 10 years, to a New Year's Eve reunion at his English countryside estate. In scenes by turns funny and sad, they talk over old times, reassess their life choices, and finally come together to help each other through an unexpected crisis.

	Author	Review
United Kingdom	Lloyd Bradley Empire	"What lifts the film is the strength of the script (by Rita Rudner), the characterisation and the playing (...) Nothing much happens, but not a minute is wasted (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	Time Out	"The witty script isn't pitched much above sitcom standard, but a couple of the performances are terrifically good"	NEU
United Kingdom	David Parkinson Radio Times	"Rita Rudner's script (co-written with Martin Bergman) succeeds in being sharp and cosy without ever over-straining for effect, and Branagh's handling of his players is impeccable (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Todd McCarthy Variety	"A sometimes funny, often cloying entertainment"	NEU
United States	Desson Thomson The Washington Post	"A diverting, if modest affair (...) [It] borrows from Shakespearean romantic comedies, French farce and American TV sitcom"	POS

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