New Best Friend

For the British television series, see My New Best Friend.
New Best Friend
Theatrical release poster
Directed byZoe Clarke-Williams
Written byVictoria Strouse
Produced byFrank Mancuso Jr.
StarringMia Kirshner
Meredith Monroe
Dominique Swain
Rachel True
Eric Michael Cole
Scott Bairstow
Taye Diggs
CinematographyTom Priestley Jr.
Edited byNorman Buckley
Leo Trombetta
Music byDavid A. Hughes
John Murphy
Production
company
FGM Entertainment[1]
Distributed byTriStar Pictures[2] (through Sony Pictures Releasing[1])
Release date
  • April 12, 2002 (2002-04-12)
Running time
91 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$8 million[3]
Box office$46,375[4]

New Best Friend is a 2002 American psychological thriller film based on a story by author James Edwards. The film was originally owned by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, which eventually lost the rights to it. Later, Sony Pictures acquired the rights to distribute the film in the United States and some other territories mainly on home video;[3][2] the film was ultimately released theatrically in the United States in a limited theatrical release by TriStar Pictures on April 12, 2002.[5] It was a critical and box office bomb.[3]

Plot summary

A North Carolina sheriff (Taye Diggs) investigates the near-fatal drug overdose of a working class college girl (Mia Kirshner) and discovers many sordid details of her life before and during her descent into drugs and debauchery.[6]

Cast

Reception

Critical response

On Rotten Tomatoes, it has a rating of 5%.[7]

Box office

It grossed $46,375 against a budget of $8 million.[4][3]

Notes

  1. ^ a b "New Best Friend (2002)". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
  2. ^ a b "Crash registers at B.O." Variety. 14 April 2002. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
  3. ^ a b c d "Columbia, Winchester take over New Best Friend". Screen Daily. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
  4. ^ a b New Best Friend at Box Office Mojo
  5. ^ "New Best Friend". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
  6. ^ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0191074/ [user-generated source]
  7. ^ "New Best Friend reviews". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved March 19, 2024.


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