- Just Friends
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name = Just Friends
writer =Adam 'Tex' Davis
starring =Ryan Reynolds Amy Smart Anna Faris
Chris KleinChris Marquette
director =Roger Kumble
producer = Chris Bender
distributor =New Line Cinema
released =November 23 , 2005 (USA)
runtime = 96 min.
language = English
budget =
music = Just Friends (album)New Line Records
imdb_id = 0433400 |"Just Friends" is a
2005 film starringRyan Reynolds andAmy Smart . Its tagline is "He loves her. She loves him not." The film was shot in Los Angeles and parts ofSaskatchewan .cite web | url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0433400/locations | title=Locations for Just Friends | publisher=at theInternet Movie Database ]Plot
Chris Brander (Reynolds), an obese high school student in a suburban community in
New Jersey , is in love with his best friend, Jamie Palamino (Smart). In 1995, on the night of their high school graduation, Chris attends Jamie's open house party, and confesses his feelings to her by writing them in her yearbook; when he tries to return her yearbook to her, however, it is swiped by Jamie's ex-boyfriend Tim (Ty Olsson ) and he reads it aloud at the party. Chris is then publicly humiliated when she doesn't reciprocate this feelings, instead giving him a kiss on the cheek and saying she loves him like a brother. After Jamie yells at their classmates for making fun of him, Chris storms away humiliated from the party on his bicycle, vowing to leave town and become more successful than all of them.Ten years later, Chris is handsome and successful with a thriving career as a record producer in
Los Angeles and a reputation as a ferocious womanizer. Just beforeChristmas , his boss (Stephen Root ) orders him to take up-and-coming pop singer Samantha James (Anna Faris ) toParis so that she will sign with their company. Chris goes reluctantly, as he has a history with the self-obsessed James. On the duo's "business" trip to Paris, Samantha sets her private jet on fire by neglecting to remove the aluminum foil from her microwave dinner. This necessitates an emergency landing in New Jersey, not far from Chris's hometown. He takes her to his mother's house for the night, causing him to face the humiliating high school years he left behind and his unresolved feelings for Jamie.Stepping out to the local bar, Chris runs into some old friends, including Jamie, who is working her way through graduate school as a bartender. Thinking that he can finally get his high school love out of his system, Chris plans to woo and seduce Jamie. However, a number of unexpected problems and the growing realization that his friendship with Jamie actually did mean something to him keep getting in the way. He bonds with Jamie on several occasions. Eventually, Chris returns to LA only to realize that Jamie is the one for him. He leaves for his hometown again, goes to Jamie's house, and declares his love for her. Jamie forgives him and the two share a passionate kiss.
Cast
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Ryan Reynolds — Chris Brander
*Amy Smart — Jamie Palomino
*Anna Faris — Samantha James
*Chris Klein — Dusty Lee Dinkleman
*Chris Marquette — Mike Brander
*Julie Hagerty — Carol Brander
*Stephen Root — KC
*Fred Ewanuick — Clark
*Amy Matysio — Darla
*Jacob Anderson — Mr. Palomino
*Maria Arcé — Athena
*Ty Olsson — TimAlanis Morissette , then Reynolds's fiancée, made a cameo as "herself" as a former client of his character. This came about when the casting director said "we need an Alanis Morissette type" and Reynolds suggested he knew someone who would fit.Original songs performed in the film
* "Forgiveness", performed multiple times by Anna Faris.
* "When Jamie Smiles", performed multiple times by Chris Klein
* "Love from Afar", performed by Anna Faris
* "Just a Guy", performed by Anna Faris (only on the Alternate Ending)Most songs in the film were written by Adam Schiff, except "When Jamie Smiles", which was written by H. Scott Salinas.
ee also
References
External links
* [http://www.justfriendsmovie.com/ Official movie website]
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