With Friends Like These...

With Friends Like These...
With Friends Like These...
Directed by	Philip Frank Messina
Written by	Philip Frank Messina
Produced by	Robert Greenhut; Penny Marshall; Amy Lemisch; Jon Ein (executive)
Starring	Bill Murray; Adam Arkin
Cinematography	Brian J. Reynolds
Edited by	Claudia Finkle
Music by	John Powell
Distributed by	Parkway / Quadrant Films
Release date	1998;
Running time	105 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

With Friends Like These... is a 1998 American comedy film directed by Philip Frank Messina and starring Robert Costanzo, Jon Tenney, David Strathairn and Adam Arkin. Bill Murray appears in a cameo.

The film was originally released on home video in 1998 and was later give a theatrical release in 2005.

Plot

Four small-time two-bit character actors (Costanzo, Tenney, Strathairn, and Arkin), all close friends, are competing for the same important part in the next Martin Scorsese mob film.

Cast

Adam Arkin as Steve Hersh
David Strathairn as Armand Minetti
Jon Tenney as Dorian Mastandrea
Robert Costanzo as Johnny DiMartino
Amy Madigan as Hannah DiMartino
Laura San Giacomo as Joanne Hersh
Elle Macpherson as Samantha Mastandrea
Lauren Tom as Yolanda Chin
Beverly D'Angelo as Theresa Carpenter
Ashley Peldon as Marissa DiMartino
Allison Bertolino as Dana DiMartino
Bill Murray as Maurice Melnick
Frederika Kesten as Catrice
John Capodice as Actor Friend
Carmine Costanzo as Nino DiMartino
Heather Stephens as Babette
Martin Scorsese as Himself
Jon Polito as Rudy Ptak

Critical reception

The Village Voice, "Even a few strong strands of acting from David Strathairn aren't enough to stitch the threadbare script in this cheap mohair suit of a movie, where plot and characterization are drawn strictl off the rack. Only a mook could love it, and if you don't know what a mook is, go see With Friends Like These and be found—I mean find out."

The New York Times, ""With Friends Like These," which was originally released seven years ago on home video, is only now surfacing as a theatrical release. Although it's no classic, it's a cut or two smarter than the average Hollywood comedy. At its best, it plays like a less acerbic, less Jewish triple episode of "Curb Your Enthusiasm." The movie's retrieval from oblivion is well deserved."

References

1 2 3 L'Official, Peter (February 22, 2005). "Tracking Shots: With Friends Like These". The Village Voice. Archived from the original on March 1, 2005.
1 2 3 Holden, Stephen (February 25, 2005). "Choice Mob Role Leads to a Goombah Frenzy". The New York Times. Archived from the original on May 29, 2015.

External links

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[V-1] 1 2 3 L'Official, Peter (February 22, 2005). "Tracking Shots: With Friends Like These". The Village Voice. Archived from the original on March 1, 2005.

[N-2] 1 2 3 Holden, Stephen (February 25, 2005). "Choice Mob Role Leads to a Goombah Frenzy". The New York Times. Archived from the original on May 29, 2015.