Adult Best Friends

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Adult Best Friends
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Directed byDelaney Buffett
Written by
  • Delaney Buffett
  • Katie Corwin
Produced by
  • Delaney Buffett
  • Marie Nikolova
Starring
CinematographyJessica Pantoja
Edited byIan Holden
Music byAlexandra Kalinowski
Production
companies
  • Before The Door Pictures
  • Coffin Watson Pictures
Distributed by Gravitas Ventures
Release dates
  • June 8, 2024 (2024-06-08)(Tribeca)
  • February 26, 2025 (2025-02-26)(United States)
Running time
83 minutes [1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Adult Best Friends is a 2024 American comedy film directed by Delaney Buffett, who co-wrote the film with Katie Corwin. The film stars Buffett and Corwin as fictionalized versions of themselves, and follows two co-dependent adult friends who must cope with one of their engagements. The film premiered at Tribeca Festival on June 8, 2024, and was released on February 26, 2025 by Gravitas Ventures.

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Premise

Inseparable since childhood, levelheaded Katie takes her co-dependent best friend Delaney on a girls' trip to break the news that she is getting married.

Cast

Production

The film was shot over 16 days in Mississippi. While the plot is fictional, Buffett and Corwin based certain events and personality traits off their real-life experiences. [2]

Release

Adult Best Friends premiered at the Tribeca Festival on June 8, 2024. [3] It had a limited theatrical run beginning on February 26, 2025, before streaming on Max starting May 2, 2025. [4] [5]

Reception

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes , 83% of 12 critics' reviews are positive. [6]

Writing for Variety , Murtada Elfadl said:

Doing double duty as the film's screenwriters and stars, Katie Corwin and Delaney Buffett craft a believable friendship for their lead characters (also called Katie and Delaney) and write some decent dialogue about why people would or would not marry. Something is missing, however — the film ends up being more dull than hilarious. [7]

References

  1. "Adult Best Friends - Apple TV". February 28, 2025 via tv.apple.com.
  2. "In making 'Adult Best Friends,' it helped to have a friend in Zachary Quinto". www.out.com.
  3. "Adult Best Friends". Tribeca Festival . Retrieved May 12, 2025.
  4. "MOVIE OF THE WEEK February 28, 2025: ADULT BEST FRIENDS – ALLIANCE OF WOMEN FILM JOURNALISTS". February 23, 2025.
  5. "ADULT BEST FRIENDS Begins Streaming Exclusively On Max May 2 | Pressroom". press.wbd.com. Retrieved May 13, 2025.
  6. "Adult Best Friends". Rotten Tomatoes . Retrieved May 12, 2025.
  7. Elfadl, Murtada (June 12, 2024). "'Adult Best Friends' Review: A Sporadically Funny Comedy About Growing Up and Moving On".