New Best Friend
| New Best Friend | |
|---|---|
 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Zoe Clarke-Williams |
| Written by | Victoria Strouse |
| Produced by | Frank Mancuso Jr. |
| Starring | Mia Kirshner Meredith Monroe Dominique Swain Rachel True Eric Michael Cole Scott Bairstow Taye Diggs |
| Cinematography | Tom Priestley Jr. |
| Edited by | Norman Buckley Leo Trombetta |
| Music by | David A. Hughes John Murphy |
Production company | FGM Entertainment[1] |
| Distributed by | TriStar Pictures[2] (through Sony Pictures Releasing[1]) |
Release date |
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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 Victoria Strouse. The film was originally owned by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), 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;[3][2] the film was ultimately released theatrically in the United States in a limited theatrical release by TriStar Pictures on April 12, 2002.[5] It was a critical and box office bomb.[3]
Plot summary
[edit | edit source]A North Carolina sheriff investigates the near-fatal drug overdose of a working class college girl and discovers many sordid details of her life before and during her descent into drugs and debauchery.[6]
Cast
[edit | edit source]- 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
[edit | edit source]Critical response
[edit | edit source]On Rotten Tomatoes, it has a rating of 5%.[7]
Box office
[edit | edit source]It grossed $46,375 against a budget of $8 million.[4][3]
Notes
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External links
[edit | edit source]- New Best Friend at IMDbLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- 2002 films
- 2000s mystery drama films
- 2002 psychological thriller films
- 2000s teen drama films
- American mystery thriller films
- American psychological thriller films
- American teen drama films
- Films about substance abuse in the United States
- Films scored by John Murphy (composer)
- Films set in North Carolina
- Films set in universities and colleges
- Films shot in North Carolina
- Films shot in South Carolina
- Films with screenplays by Victoria Strouse
- Teen mystery films
- TriStar Pictures films
- 2002 drama films
- 2000s English-language films
- 2000s American films
- Films produced by Frank Mancuso Jr.
- English-language mystery drama films
- English-language thriller films
- Psychological thriller film stubs