Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Graphic
- foreboding
- sardonic
- claustrophobic
- late night thriller viewing
- winter movie marathon
What critics said
Critics broadly found a stylish, politically textured neo-noir with strong atmosphere and dark humor, but divided over its convoluted plotting and deliberately unstable tone.
What sets it apart
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The film is described as a deconstruction of noir atmosphere and tropes, with killings presented in deliberately distanced quotation marks.
The apartment tenants share a building yet remain emotionally isolated, and critics identify alienation and distrust of local community as central concerns.
The winter 1995 setting coincides with Quebec’s second separation referendum, which the film satirizes amid the serial-killer panic.
The tenants of an old Montreal apartment house must determine whom they can trust while danger appears to surround the building.
Films like Good Neighbours, and why
The Ice Harvest
Shared neo-noir atmosphere, neighborhood suspicion, serial-killer menace, and darkly comic social observation.
Fargo
Shared winter-bound setting, alienated characters, black humor, and crime-driven moral unease.
Rear Window
Shared suburban or urban paranoia, voyeuristic suspicion, and thriller tension focused on fractured community ties.
Caché
Shared psychologically chilly neo-noir tone, unreliable social trust, and murder investigation centered on alienation.
Movie Details
- Director
- Jacob Tierney
- Release Date
- 2011-06-03
- Runtime
- 99 min
- Rating
- 5.6 / 10 (119)
Cast
- Jay Baruchel
- Scott Speedman
- Emily Hampshire
- Gary Farmer
- Xavier Dolan
- Kaniehtiio Horn
- Anne-Marie Cadieux
- Micheline Lanctôt
- Jacob Tierney
- Sean Lu
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Magnolia Selects Amazon Channel, Monsters and Nightmares Amazon Channel
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Fandango At Home, FlixFling
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, FlixFling
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Good Neighbours about?
- In a snowbound Montreal apartment house, everyday neighborly suspicion curdles into a mordant neo-noir portrait of isolation during Quebec’s referendum season.
- What is Good Neighbours like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Good Neighbours as measured, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is Good Neighbours violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in Good Neighbours as graphic.
- What did critics think of Good Neighbours?
- Critics broadly found a stylish, politically textured neo-noir with strong atmosphere and dark humor, but divided over its convoluted plotting and deliberately unstable tone.
- Which films are like Good Neighbours?
- Films with a similar feel include The Ice Harvest, Fargo, Rear Window, and Caché.
- How long is Good Neighbours?
- Good Neighbours runs 99 minutes.
- Where can I watch Good Neighbours?
- In United States, Good Neighbours streams on Magnolia Selects Amazon Channel, Monsters and Nightmares Amazon Channel.
