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With Friends Like These (1998)

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Reviews Counted:14

Fresh:7

Rotten:7

Average Rating:5.4/10

Runtime: 1 hr 45 mins

Genre: Comedies

Synopsis: Johnny (Robert Costanzo) is an actor who makes his living playing television "bad guys." He lands a secret audition with director Martin Scorsese which could turn out to be his big break. When... [More]

Starring: Adam Arkin, Robert Costanzo, Beverly D'Angelo, Elle Macpherson

Director: Philip F. Messina

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Reviews for With Friends Like These

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Tomatometer	Critic	Review	Category
N/R		Click to read the article Full Review \| Comment \| Jun., 24 2006 03:37 AM	Time Out
N/R	Todd McCarthy	Click to read the article Full Review \| Comment \| Mar., 26 2009 03:18 AM	Variety
N/R	Nigel Floyd	Click to read the article Full Review \| Comment \| Aug., 16 2007 03:15 AM	Time Out New York
4/5		Click to read the article Full Review \| Comment \| Dec., 06 2005 07:47 PM	Film Threat
2/5	Emanuel Levy	No review available. Comment \| Jul., 04 2005 11:18 PM	EmanuelLevy.Com
	Eric Monder	The question of why this film is being re-released is superseded by the question of who would want to watch it. Full Review \| Comment \| Mar., 24 2005 10:16 PM	Film Journal International
	Andrew Sarris	The incessant betrayals and confidences become monotonous after a time, and the film sinks into the familiar swamp of suburban futility. Full Review \| Comment \| Mar., 10 2005 03:54 PM	New York Observer
	Elizabeth Weitzman	The movie works as well as it does �because the cast knows the material so �intimately. Full Review \| Comment \| Feb., 25 2005 02:14 PM	New York Daily News
2/5	Maitland McDonagh	Writer-director Phillip F. Messina's insider comedy about Hollywood almost-rans gives off an air of clammy desperation that feels all too authentic without being especially funny and bogs down early in repetitive shtick. Full Review \| Comment \| Feb., 25 2005 02:13 PM	TV Guide's Movie Guide
2/4	Lou Lumenick	Only sporadically amusing. Full Review \| Comment \| Feb., 25 2005 02:11 PM	New York Post
3.5/5	Ray Greene	An accomplished farce populated by sly and knowing comedic performances. Full Review \| Comment \| Feb., 25 2005 02:10 PM	Boxoffice Magazine
3/5	Stephen Holden	At its best, Philip Frank Messina's show business comedy plays like a less acerbic, less Jewish triple episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm. Full Review \| Comment \| Feb., 24 2005 05:55 PM	New York Times
	Peter L'Official	Plot and characterization are drawn strictly off the rack. Full Review \| Comment \| Feb., 22 2005 03:45 PM	Village Voice
4/5		Click to read the article Full Review \| Comment \| Dec., 08 2002 08:39 AM	Film Threat
3/5	Philip Martin	No review available. Comment \| Jul., 26 2002 08:53 AM	Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
N/R		Click to read the article Full Review \| Comment \| Jun., 05 2002 08:20 AM	Boxoffice Magazine
N/R		Click to read the article Full Review \| Comment \| May., 30 2001 01:02 PM	AV Club
2.5/5	Christopher Null	Click to read the article Full Review \| Comment \| Jan., 01 2000 12:00 AM	Filmcritic.com
72/100	Mike DeWolfe	Click to read the article Full Review \| Comment \| Jan., 01 2000 12:00 AM	Apollo Guide

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