Editor’s Note: This review was originally published during the 2024 Telluride Film Festival. “The Friend” opens from Bleecker Street Friday, March 28, 2025. There’s no way to play this ...

Even bigger than his fellow actor Naomi Watts. Quite literally: The newcomer, Bing, is the Harlequin Great Dane at the center of “The Friend,” the new film based on Sigrid Nunez’s National ...

It’s easy enough, then, to understand the profound conundrum facing Iris (Naomi Watts), a writer and professor who suddenly finds herself with a 150-pound Great Dane ward after an unexpected ...

Movie Review: Naomi Watts and a Great Dane Mourn Bill Murray in ‘The Friend’ Having it all means different things to everyone, but a rent-controlled apartment in Manhattan is probably pretty ...

He is a sad dog, with good reason. Naomi Watts and Bing the Great Dane in "The Friend." (Courtesy Bleecker Street) Apollo was previously owned by Walter (Bill Murray), a jovial rapscallion and man ...

As you might expect, the first half of “The Friend” consists mostly of Iris trying to unload Apollo and the second half … but I don’t want to let the Great Dane out of the bag. Anyway ...

Bill Murray plays a cherished mentor to Naomi Watts’ character in ‘The Friend’ — he leaves her his Great Dane upon his deathCourtesy Everett Collection Firm protocols around who could ...

Grief’s dull, persistent ache informs much of Scott McGehee and David Siegel’s The Friend, yet it’s soothed by watching Naomi ... (Watts), a frustrated writer who inherits a Harlequin Great ...

Naomi Watts gets top billing in "The Friend," but her screen partner – Bing, a Great Dane – is also getting a lot of attention for his performance in the film. Bing is a star thanks to a ...

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It’s easy enough, then, to understand the profound conundrum facing Iris (Naomi Watts), a writer and professor who suddenly finds herself with a 150-pound Great Dane ward after an unexpected death in ...

It’s easy enough, then, to understand the profound conundrum facing Iris (Naomi Watts), a writer and professor who suddenly finds herself with a 150-pound Great Dane ward after an unexpected ...