FILM

The Friend (2025)

Name: The Friend
Director: David Siegel
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Released: 2025-03-28
Cast: Naomi Watts, Bill Murray, Ann Dowd, Constance Wu, Sarah Pidgeon

Film · 2025 · 119 min · R · Comedy · Drama

New York City writer Iris finds her comfortable, solitary life thrown into disarray after her closest friend and mentor bequeaths her a Great Dane named Apollo. The huge dog immediately creates practical problems for Iris, from furniture destruction to eviction notices, as well as more existential ones. Yet as Iris finds herself unexpectedly bonding with Apollo, she begins to come to terms with her past, and her own creative inner life.

Directed by David Siegel

Starring Naomi Watts, Bill Murray, Ann Dowd, Constance Wu, Sarah Pidgeon, Carla Gugino, Noma Dumezweni, Felix Solis

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Release dates in the United States

In cinemas	4 April 2025
Digital release	29 April 2025
Physical release	Not listed
First release anywhere	28 March 2025

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