If you loved The Deep End, try The Friend

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.

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The Deep End

2001 · dir. Scott McGehee, David Siegel

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Both films are directed by David Siegel, Scott McGehee, and they both carry the bittersweet, tender mood tags, and they sit in Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to The Deep End, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

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What The Friend is

New York writer Iris gets more than she bargained for when a departed mentor leaves her one giant, slobbery lesson in companionship. Her new dog Apollo wrecks things, gets eviction threats, then quietly starts fixing the mess inside her head. A four-legged shrink that won’t itemize on her taxes.

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What The Friend is

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