While I certainly acknowledge Friendship is a comedy of some merit based on the consistent laughter from my audience, it was, for me, only an observational effect not based on any subjective measurement of humor.

The motion picture is about a middle aged male whose wife tells him he needs a buddy. So he hangs out with Paul Rudd’s character and measured, observation comedy ensues.

You may have the perception that I did not enjoy myself watching this film. This would be a fair observation, proving your skill at literary observation and analysis. One would assume that a more amused person would write a more amused review of an allegedly hilarious film. And one might also assume such a film with such a high average rating on Letterboxd would, indeed, be hilarious.

But, alas, I did not laugh nor chuckle a single time during this comedic cinematic experience. Not a single time. In fact, I only grant unto it an extra half star due to the fact that I acknowledge and recognize that it has a meaningful theme, one that aught appeal to me as an adult male of
a certain age who could serve to have additional flesh and blood friends. In that it is about something of observational credibility gives the film a measure of merit.

But everything else? I could write a few more paragraphs of dry, measured commentary as though I were an academic or a droid but I think you get the point. This film was not my sense of humor nor was I drawn to its characters or situations.

Score: 63