Peter's Friends

Peter's Friends
Directed byKenneth Branagh
Written byRita Rudner
Martin Bergman
Produced byKenneth Branagh
Starring
CinematographyRoger Lanser
Edited byAndrew Marcus
Production
company
Distributed byEntertainment Film Distributors
Release dates
  • 18 September 1992 (1992-09-18) (Toronto)
  • 13 November 1992 (1992-11-13)
Running time
101 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget$5 million
Box office$7.2 million

Peter's Friends is a 1992 comedy-drama movie. It is about old friends gathering at a New Year's party. Emma Thompson plays Maggie Chester. Imelda Staunton plays Mary. Rita Rudner plays Carol. The movie was written by Rita Rudner and Martin Bergman. The director and producer was Kenneth Branagh.

This movie was released on September 18, 1992. It had positive reviews from critics.

Cast

Reception

Box office

Peter's Friends made £3.1 million dollars in the box office in the United Kingdom. In the United States, it made over $4 million.

Critical response

Peter's Friends had positive reviews from critics. Rotten Tomatoes gave the movie an "approval rating" of 65%.

Roger Ebert from the Chicago Sun-Times said the movie was "more or less predictable". This meant he thought the movie's structure was not original. However, he gave the movie three-and-a-half stars. He also said it reminded him of movies like The Big Chill. However, he also said that the movie was better than other moves like this one. He said the movie had good dialogue and writing.

The critic James Berardinelli gave the movie two-and-a-half out of four stars. He said the movie can be funny, but also annoying. He also liked the acting and directing. His biggest complain was the movie's screenplay and that the movie was Branagh's worst screenplay.

Accolades

Peter's Friends was nominated for a Goya Award. The movie won two Evening Standard British Film Awards. It was 8th place in the National Board of Review's Top Ten 1992 films.

Award Category Recipients Result
Evening Standard British Film Awards Best Actress Emma Thompson Won
Peter Sellers Award for Comedy Kenneth Branagh Won
Goya Awards Best European Film Kenneth Branagh Nominated

References

  1. ↑ "Peter's Friends (1992)". BBFC. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
  2. ↑ Peter's Friends at Box Office Mojo
  3. 1 2 Ilott, Terry (17 June 2013). Budgets and Markets: A Study of the Budgeting of European Films. Routledge. ISBN 9781135102678. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
  4. ↑ Branagh, Kenneth (1992-12-25), Peter's Friends, retrieved 2016-04-10
  5. ↑ "Peter's Friends". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
  6. ↑ Ebert, Roger (25 December 1992). "Peter's Friends". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved 19 January 2012.
  7. ↑ Berardinelli, James (1992-12-25). "Peter's Friends". ReelViews. Retrieved 1 January 2020.

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