Not Friends

2023 [THAI]

Comedy / Drama

1
IMDb Rating 7.4/10 10 1034 1K

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Plot summary

A group of high school students who dream of making films set out to make a short film based on the life of a classmate. However, they discover a secret that could change their vision of filmmaking forever.

Director

Atta Hemwadee Photo
Atta Hemwadee

Top cast

Narumon Phongsupan Photo
Narumon Phongsupan as Ohm's Mother
Anthony Buisseret Photo
Anthony Buisseret as Pae
Tanakorn Tiyanont Photo
Tanakorn Tiyanont as Ping
Kittiphong Dumavibhat Photo
Kittiphong Dumavibhat as Principal Cherdchai
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655.05 MB
1280*690
Thai 2.0
NR
Subtitles th  us  es    id  ms  pt  vi  cn  
24 fps
2 hr 9 min
Seeds 22
1.37 GB
1920*1036
Thai 5.1
NR
Subtitles th  us  es    id  ms  pt  vi  cn  
24 fps
2 hr 9 min
Seeds 34

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by ctowyi 8 / 10

Get ready to be gobsmacked in the third act!

There are movies whose trailers conveniently summarise the entire plot. When I first saw the trailer before the screening of The Boy and the Heron, I could connect the dots and map out the plot: a bitter student named Pae (Anthony Buisseret) is befriended by Joe (Pisitpol Ekaphongpisit) much to his displeasure. Soon, Joe dies in a car accident and Pae sees the perfect opportunity to get into the good book by making a short film to commemorate Joe's death even though he has no real connection to Joe. To complicate matters, Joe's friend Bokeh (Thitiya Jirapornsilp) knows Pae is using Joe's demise for selfish reasons.But I still wanted to see the movie because there is something about character redemption arcs that I love. Seeing a bad person break good sounded like a nice way to spend 2 hours, but I was totally blown away and completely bowled over by a third act twist I never saw coming. The trailer wisely never gave away any hint of this and when the revelation dropped the movie became emotionally complex, my favourite territory in narratives.Even if the initial setup of and the cascading events are formulaic, there is something affable and relatable about the characters. It reminded me of the friends I once had and the friendships forged during that period of life were never cosmic events. They tend to be based on common and aligned interests, and defined by fun and social activities. I am still friends with many, friends I made in my adolescent years.The first two acts of the movie coast along like carefree laughter in the school canteen and it is also a love letter to cinema. Then it evolves to examine the nature of friendship between teenagers - like what constitutes a close friend, how does others define you as a good friend, how you define friendship for yourself and how one can never truly know another whom you called a friend. I loved some of ideas of friendship presented like a scene in a bus when Pae shares with Joe a secret he is ashamed of and Joe affirms him by saying he is a friend to him from this moment onwards and not from that episode in the past.The performances by the two leads are fantastic and even Ekaphongpisit in the flashback sequences is great. They are very natural and wacky in their roles. In them I see myself in the past, a time when the pressures of life still do not have a stranglehold on me.Not Friends is one of those rare movies that trod lightfootedly towards a pre-ordained destination, then suddenly swerved unexpectedly from the left field and totally charmed my socks off and even earned some tears. It also happens to be chosen by Thailand to compete in next year's Oscars in the Best International Film category. I doubt it will land up in the long list because it is not the type of film the Academy typically votes for. Don't let that stop you from checking it out and it might remind you of a time when you have friends like Pae, Bokeh and Joe.
Reviewed by andrewchristianjr 8 / 10

LONG LIVE CINEMA, BRO!

Long Live Cinema! This is the first Asian film (exc. Indonesia) that I watched in theater.The strong point of "Not Friends" lies in the hilarious scenes, which provide an experience that invites laughter and touches the hearts of the audience. The transition from comedy to drama is also impressive because of the unusual scenes taken. This is a friendship film and a love letter to film.Synopsis: Not Friends is a 2023 Thai coming-of-age comedy-drama film written and directed by Atta Hemwadee in his directorial debut. It stars Thitiya Jirapornsilp, Pisitphon Ekphongpisit, Anthony Buizeret, Tanakorn Tiyanont and Natticha Chantaravareelekha.
Reviewed by Cozeyy 7 / 10

To friends and movies.

After watching it, I found the movie to be good, but not as good as I expected since it's pretty simple. I personally like the simplicity. The very nature of a movie that we can enjoy with the movie. I liked the first part towards the middle, rather than the end of the movie, which was more of a tight start between the early days of the movie (but I was somewhat remiss from high school) and when it came to my friend (not), it became quite as dramatical as my style of GDH. You're burning up, like, a lot more natural.All in all, a movie that takes me back to thinking about my friends again very well, they are still close now, or close friends who have become friends (not) are close enough. But the movie itself was nothing more than what we expected.
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