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Just Friends

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Germany, United States, Canada · 2005
Rated PG-13 · 1h 36m
Director Roger Kumble
Starring Ryan Reynolds, Amy Smart, Anna Faris, Chris Klein
Genre Comedy, Romance

While visiting his hometown during Christmas, a man comes face-to-face with his old high school crush whom he was best friends with – a woman whose rejection of him turned him into a ferocious womanizer.

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Village Voice by

A refreshingly mean-spirited breeze through both the holiday movie and romantic-comedy checklists.

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Chicago Tribune by Allison Benedikt

But alas, even with young talent, director Roger Kumble and writer Adam Davis rely way too heavily (no pun intended) on the fat-suit joke and titular impasse.

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Entertainment Weekly by Lisa Schwarzbaum

Argues on behalf of the Darwinian theory that all of life imitates high school...But the argument is only halfhearted. Just Friends is much more interested in - and hilarious about - the small nostalgias of suburbia.

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USA Today by Mike Clark

Still, there are some funny surprises, from skewering overdone Christmas decorations to casting Chris Klein as a creep.

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The A.V. Club by Nathan Rabin

The tantalizing promise of 90 heavenly minutes of Ryan Reynolds in a roly-poly fatsuit and unconvincing tubby make-up (which make him look like a younger version of Martin Short's Jiminy Glick) proves a case of the old bait-and-switch.

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