Good Old Friends

This low budget indie movie is full of static scenes with stilted, awkward conversation between people who seem to barely know each other even though they are supposed to be old friends.

Good Old Friends, an independent low-budget comedy-drama film directed by Peter Kondra and Mikael Schallock, which is also their debut directorial film.

Synopsis: A reunion party of three friends takes an unexpected turn when one of them dies tragically.

Cinematic Analysis: Although this film is officially a comedy-drama, it gives you a little bit of suspense-thriller kinda experience as well. From the very first shot, it's clear that something is not alright between all three of them. Few scenes seem to be overly stretched and unnecessary but the screenplay keeps us invested and curious to know more.

Dialogues were simple. The conversations aren't that engaging at places.

I liked Peter Knodra's performance throughout the film whereas Andrej Vickers' expressions especially in the third act seem off the rails and aren't per the scenes.

The colour-grading, production design and music are impressive. The film does capture some captivating shots of the city as well. The only problem I see in the technical aspects of the film is the background noises which results in distraction.

Themes: Friendship, Murder, Alcoholism, Stress

Conclusion: Good Old Friends exceed the limits of being an indie film and is pretty enjoyable. One of its merits is its surprising ending which I didn't see coming. Definitely worth a try.

NOTE: Watch only if you can watch and accept low-budget films by new film-makers .

7/10

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Very good thriller from this team of first time directors. I'm a sucker for anything that plays in Berlin, but I really enjoyed the filmmaker character setup with clear inspiration from Hitchcock in the storyline, Rope in particular. The many awards well-deserved.

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There is no plot, no character, no dialog and full of static scenes with zero cinematic. It was so dull and boring. I cant believe companies and people wasted money and time on this garbage.

Good Old Friends is an independent film shot in Berlin (in English), and I absolutely recommend you watch it on Prime Video. This film has some great acting, really good directing (especially b-roll), a fantastic score and soundtrack, a brilliant script with an amazing twist ending which I didn't see coming, as well as an unexpected moment half way through the film which flips the mood of the film on its head and completely changes the rest of the story. The characters are very well written, and there are so many nods to other fantastic films, not only in the natural dialogue that flows off the characters' tongues, but also in the themes and story of the film. I honestly think this is a brilliant low budget film which I fully recommend.

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9/10.