Overview
A poignant tale of friendship and love during life's most challenging moments.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- None
- melancholic
- sincere
- devastating
- quiet evening
- reflective viewing
What critics said
Critics broadly praised the sincere trio of lead performances and emotional specificity while finding the fact-based illness drama frustratingly sanitized and uneven in approach.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Nicole, Matthew, and Dane each receive substantial dramatic attention as the illness reshapes their relationships.
Dane moves into the Teague household and puts his own life on hold to support Nicole and Matthew.
The story centers on family routines, caregiving strain, parenting, and waiting alongside terminal cancer.
The family home becomes the practical and emotional center of the crisis after Dane moves in.
Films like Our Friend, and why
The Fault in Our Stars
shared fact-based terminal illness drama, intimate marriage under pressure, and emotionally direct performances
Me Before You
shared themes of caregiving, friendship, mortality, and sustained emotional poignancy
Still Alice
shared grounded family drama, grief, illness, and restrained human performances
The Big Sick
shared true-story basis, devoted friendship, and cathartic confrontation with death
Movie Details
- Director
- Gabriela Cowperthwaite
- Release Date
- 2019-09-04
- Runtime
- 124 min
- Rating
- 7.2 / 10 (373)
Cast
- Dakota Johnson
- Casey Affleck
- Jason Segel
- Cherry Jones
- Jake Owen
- Denée Benton
- Gwendoline Christie
- Reed Diamond
- Isabella Kai
- Violet McGraw
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential, Paramount+ Amazon Channel, Paramount+ Roku Premium Channel
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Our Friend about?
- A devoted friend moves into a young family’s home to help a couple endure the wife’s terminal illness, transforming caregiving into an extraordinary test of friendship and love.
- What is Our Friend like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Our Friend as measured, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is Our Friend violent?
- No — Ember's analysis finds no violence in Our Friend.
- What did critics think of Our Friend?
- Critics broadly praised the sincere trio of lead performances and emotional specificity while finding the fact-based illness drama frustratingly sanitized and uneven in approach.
- Which films are like Our Friend?
- Films with a similar feel include The Fault in Our Stars, Me Before You, Still Alice, and The Big Sick.
- How long is Our Friend?
- Our Friend runs 124 minutes.
- Where can I watch Our Friend?
- In United States, Our Friend streams on fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential, Paramount+ Amazon Channel, Paramount+ Roku Premium Channel.
