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Just Friends | 
 enlarge | Director: Roger Kumble
Actors: Ryan Reynolds, Amy Smart, Anna Faris, Chris Klein, Chris Marquette
Studio: New Line Home Video
Category: DVD
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Rating:  92 reviews
Sales Rank: 2096
Format: Ac-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dvd-video, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled)
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 96 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: TRNDN10176D
UPC: 794043101762
EAN: 0794043101762
ASIN: B000E6EHE0
Theatrical Release Date: November 23, 2005
Release Date: March 7, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Manic energy and an agreeable level of comic insanity turn Just Friends into the kind of brainless comedy you can enjoy as a modest guilty pleasure. If you liked director Roger Kumble's previous comedy The Sweetest Thing (and let's face it, that movie had some really funny moments), chances are you'll get at least a few solid belly-laughs from this not-so-high-concept premise, in which a formerly fat high-schooler named Chris (Ryan Reynolds) is transformed, ten years later, into a womanizing music executive with a high-profile client (Anna Faris) in the Britney Spears/Christina Aguilera mold. As it zips along with some broad-stroked slapstick and snappy one-liners, the screenplay by Adam Tex Davis contrives to reunite Chris with Jamie (Amy Smart), the former cheerleader who was the great, unrequited love of Chris' miserable high-school life. By his narcissistic logic, he'll seduce her by treating her badly (i.e. she'll want what she thinks she can't have), but he gets unexpected competition in the form of a "Mr. Sensitive" type (Chris Klein, from American Pie), and it's pretty much Hollywood formula from there on, as Just Friends loses momentum without losing its basic appeal. And while Reynolds invests his character with an unexpected degree of emotional nuance, Faris (Scary Movie 3) pulls out all the stops, going deliriously over-the-top to maintain her reputation as a rising comedy starlet with a (hopefully) promising future. We're not talking rocket science here, folks... just sit back, take off your thinking cap, and have some fun. --Jeff Shannon
Product Description
When chris a likeable high school loser finally gathers the courage to reveal his love to jamie - the girl of his dreams - she rejects him saying she just wants to be friends. So he transforms himself & 10 years later has a chance to reconnect with jamie. Can he escape the clutches of the friend zone? Studio: New Line Home Video Release Date: 11/11/2008 Starring: Ryan Reynolds Chris Klein Run time: 94 minutes Rating: Pg13
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| Customer Reviews: Read 87 more reviews...
 Funny; stands up to repeated viewings January 6, 2009
mytwocents
This is one of the funnier movies that I've seen in a long time; it's a mixture of "silly" and "clever" humor. When I buy a DVD, the test is "will I enjoy it more than once?". I bought this DVD, after paying to rent it, twice. Great on-screen chemistry between all the actors. Solid laughs.
 Ryan's great, but even his talent can't save this ridiculous movie December 26, 2008
Lisa Jacobsen
Ryan Reynolds has wonderful comic timing and I usually laugh when he merely changes his facial expression. The problem with this movie is that the writing is sub-par and the plot goes nowhere. Amy Smart is adorable as usual, and she and Ryan do have decent chemistry, but those are the only redeeming factors. One of the most annoying things about the movie is the normally cute and goofy Anna Faris, whose character is as nice to listen to as nails being run down a chalkboard. Do not waste the time watching this!!! Luckily, I bought this as a gift for a friend, who said he liked it (?!?!). At least I do not own it.
 Great!! December 18, 2008
Jaclyn (Pa)
This movie cracks me up everytime I watch it. The mother is funny and Ryan Reynolds is cute and funny.
Just Laughs...And More Laughs December 15, 2008
S. Schell (Mason, OH United States)
A romantic comedy with a modest budget, the box office for "Just Friends" surpassed expectations when it grossed a surprising $32.5 million domestically and that is no doubt due to its star talent. With Ryan Reynolds, Anna Faris and Chris Klein headlining the cast, people going into "Just Friends" will get laughs aplenty with room to spare for a few genuinely touching moments.
Chris Brander (Reynolds) is a lovable teenaged dweeb - shy, overweight and head-over-heels in love with his best friend Jamie Palamino (Smart), a girl from the popular crowd. No longer able to bottle his feelings, he confesses his love but gets the rejection he feared while being mortified in the process. Deciding that he will no longer be a suffering fool, he retreats on his bicycle, determined to make something of himself.
Fast forward ten years and Chris is several pounds lighter, a successful record producer in Los Angeles and a real ladies' man who has broken more hearts than can be counted. Though he lives the life of which every bachelor dreams, Chris's unrequited love has made him a cynic and a womanizer. His just-desserts for his chauvinistic behavior come in the form of rising pop star and manic ex-girlfriend Samantha James (Faris), a singer that he is ordered to recruit for the record label for which he works. Jumping his bones the moment she sees him, Samantha suggests an impromptu trip to Paris but by a strange twist of fate they end up in Chris's home state of New Jersey and he decides to visit his family for the holidays.
While trying to keep the psychotic and high-maintenance Samantha occupied, Chris looks up Jamie and much to his delight, she is still beautiful and still single. Resentful for having been kept in the "friend zone" all those years, he hatches a grand plan to take advantage of her but he doesn't count on falling in love with her all over again.
He also doesn't count on some fierce competition in the form of Dusty Dinkleman (Klein), another shy and stuttering nerd who was also infatuated with Jamie. Now a confident and handsome part-time EMT who is positively enchanting on the guitar, Dusty pulls out all the stops to win her over and in the process reveals that he doesn't have the best intentions. A farcical war develops between the two men, one that has both of them cleverly disguising their own agendas while fighting the urge to expose the other (lest they expose themselves in the process).
Though an inexperienced screenwriter, Adam "Tex" David's screenplay gets many laughs from its even-handed sarcasm and slapstick as well as the superb execution of the film's skilled comedic actors. Ryan Reynolds is no stranger to comedies - with the starring role in 2004's "Van Wilder" as well as the portrayal of another womanizer in 2005's "Waiting" (also opposite Anna Faris), his delivery and facial expression are dynamite. Klein, another comedic film veteran (Election, American Pie), impresses with his ability to cut loose and be absolutely insane as Dusty, a man whose ulterior motives become all too clear towards the end.
Both of them are almost overshadowed by Anna Faris, a comedic actress made famous by her starring role in the Wayans brothers' "Scary Movie" trilogy. Faris is insanely funny as Samantha James, a ditzy and petulant celebrity who is sickly sweet one moment, horny another and then flying off the handle the next.
Amy Smart tends to play the straight role in comedies whilst everyone else has all the fun and she does it again here as Jamie; despite being the only serious performance in the movie, she still holds her own next to Reynolds and Faris.
Bottom line: Replete with an even mix of physical comedy as well as a good dose of wry humor, "Just Friends" will procure many chuckles from its keen writing, direction and performances.
great laugh year after year December 12, 2008
Ryan E. Carrier
Every christmas season I pop this movie in and it makes me laugh every time.
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