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Introducing the Most Tim Robinson of Tim Robinson Characters
The new movie Friendship plays like a low-stakes platonic variation on an erotic thriller, a worthy first big-screen starring role for the comedian.
The movie opens on a meeting of a cancer-survivor support group, where Tami (Kate Mara) is speaking in earnest, fragile tones about being 12 months into remission and still feeling like her life is overshadowed with dread about the disease returning. This is a very Tim Robinson problem to have, and Friendship,the debut from writer-director Andrew DeYoung, feels built around the sort of characters the comedian has played in his sketch-comedy series I Think You Should Leave — ones who think they know the score, only to react with outsize outrage or hurt when they discover that they’re entirely wrong. Craig starts off leading a stable (enough) existence, working a corporate job, exchanging platitudes with his teenage son Steven (Jack Dylan Grazer), ignoring hints of discontent from Tami, and taking pride in his big accomplishment of getting speed bumps installed on their street.
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