WHAT IT S ABOUT:
After being diagnosed with an aggressive cancer, Nicole Teague (Dakota Johnson) and her husband Matt (Casey Affleck) come to learn what true friendship is as their mutual best friend, Duane Faucheuz (Jason Segel), moves in with them to take the load off as they try to raise two young girls while Nicole fights for her life and Matt fights just to keep his head above water. Based on Matt s own autobiographical article,
The Friend.
It s interesting to compare and contrast Our Friend with another 2019 cancer drama (the pandemic inevitably led to the delayed release of
Our Friend, but both first premiered in 2019),