If you loved What Maisie Knew, try The Friend
A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. The Friend has roughly 3.9× fewer votes than What Maisie Knew — it's a deeper cut, not a mainstream recommendation. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.
What they share
Both films are directed by David Siegel, Scott McGehee, and they both carry the tender mood tag, and they sit in Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to What Maisie Knew, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
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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