Our Friend

The director Gabriela Cowperthwaite, who made the stunning documentary Blackfish, orchestrates the action loosely - the pacing is, at best, leisurely - but the character portraits are acute and the three central performances flawless.

[The film] makes a fine enough contribution to the pantheon of films about terminal illness ... but it's ultimately only enough to leave audiences wishing that there were more.

Our Friend is a heartbreaking movie, the tears come early and they come often, but it's not without hope.

Our Friend manages to feel sweet without feeling overwrought or disingenuous, and there's a modesty to its largest intentions that make it endearing.

Our Friend operates at a level of unabashed earnestness that is almost Ill-advised in these cynical times, but those willing to invite it in stand to reap the rewards of its power and poignancy.