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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENT
EAN: 0027616098641
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: MGM (Video & DVD)
Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD)
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: MGM (Video & DVD)
Region Code: 1
Release Date: February 12, 2008
Running Time: 101 minutes
Sales Rank: 11104
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Theatrical Release Date: December 25, 1992
Editorial Review:
Product Description:
After his father's death the grieving Peter (Stephen Fry) 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. Kenneth Branagh's ensemble comedy is punctuated by a classic rock soundtrack that recalls the chums' university days. A witty heartwarming film PETER'S FRIENDS includes fine performances by Branagh Emma Thompson Hugh Laurie Imelda Staunton and Rita Rudner.System Requirements:Running Time; 101 Mins.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: COMEDY/ROMANTIC COMEDY Rating: R UPC: 027616098641 Manufacturer No: M109864
Amazon.com:
What if you could go back to your glory days? Peter's Friends, sort of The Big Chill reconceived as an Agatha Christie country-estate drama, lets a group of university pals ponder that question while they must deal with their present-day demons. Kenneth Branagh's film, written by costar Rita Rudner and Martin Bergman, is buoyed by its vast and talented cast, whose chemistry keeps the action crackling, even when most of the action is the characters speaking. The friends are reunited at Peter's posh country home after the death of his father, for one last New Year's Eve. The bons mots fly, and the interaction of the actors is, as the Brits say, brilliant. Peter (played by the sublime Stephen Fry): 'It's funny, with both my parents gone, I suddenly have this overwhelming urge to act maturely.' Andrew (Branagh): 'Oh, well, I don't think anybody really matures. Adults are just children who owe money.' Yet buried among the one-liners and drawing-room manners are disappointment, heartbreak, and a heavy secret (which, many years after the film's original 1992 release, doesn't pack the same wallop). Emma Thompson shows nuance and delight as Maggie while Hugh Laurie shows his dramatic capabilities. Other winning performances are given by Imelda Staunton and Tony Slattery. The setting is an absolute stunner, and viewers will wish they could spend a holiday at the manor. And the soundtrack will transport them to a sweeter time in the early '80s, when 'Everybody Wants to Rule the World.' Cozy up for a delightfully unexpected evening with these Friends. --A.T. Hurley
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Huge Lauri as you've pribably never seen him
Rita is a great writer and this situation "comedy" has its lighter moments, but it's really a heavier topic for most of the characters' lives. It's also great to see Rita in a role as compared to her stand up comedy routines. The biggest surprise of all was seeing Huge Laurie and Stephen Fry in different roles from their Jeeves and Wooster characters, and of course, House.
Rating:  - Wonderful film
I fell in love with this film when I saw it in the theatre. The DVD has made me fall in love all over again. While there are a couple of over-the-top performances, it makes for a great film that examines what happens to old school friends. There are a couple of scenes that jump out at me; when Hugh Laurie and Imelda Staunton are arguing on the bed; and when they all gather around the piano to sing.
Many of my favourite actors are in this film and they don't disappoint. While a couple ... Read More
Rating:  - At least a lot of talented people got work making this film. - Very contrived imitation of The Big Chill
Peter's Friends has a wonderful cast of actors I really like, but it is a poor imitation of the Big Chill (an OK movie), which is a glitzier imitation of my rougher-around-the-edges favorite, John Sayle's The Secaucus Seven. Did Stephen Frye and Rita Rudner write this? No matter. It was disappointingly glib and unoriginal. I was excited about seeing it and reluctantly watched the whole thing. Thankfully, all involved enjoy success and better work that washes this out of my system. It is always ... Read More
Rating:  - So close to being a good film
This film is so close to being wonderful--the cast is incredible, the story is great, and the locations are super. But, things just don't hang together in tone or content to make it truly touching or truly funny. Hugh Laurie and Imelda Staunton deliver wonderful and touching performances and that in itself is worth the price of the DVD. But, the Kenneth Branagh - Rita Rudner characters are the backbone of the piece and that relationship never becomes understandable. Plus, the tone moves from slapstick ... Read More
Rating:  - Painful to watch
Without including any spoilers to the film:
Just as the title to this review states, it was just simply painful to watch. The movie is about a group of friends who have lost touch over the years and are invited out to the English countryside by one mate from the group for a New Years celebration reunion. As things in life go, they find themselves having grown apart over the years, each 'friend' pursuing their seperate life and each friend having their own set of burdoning problems to deal ... Read More
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