New Best Friend

New Best Friend

2002 · 91 min · EN · R · 4.9 (34 votes)
Dir. Zoe Clarke-Williams · Starring Mia Kirshner, Meredith Monroe, Dominique Swain, Rachel True, Scott Bairstow, Taye Diggs · Music John Murphy

How far would you go to fit in?

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Alicia is a poor girl starting college. Hadley, Julianne and Sydney are three well-off girls in a row house. Classes begin and Alicia is paired with Hadley to work on a sociology class project. At first rejected, Alicia is finally accepted into Hadley's clique where she is introduced to a world of privilege and dangerous thrills. But her attempts to become one of them ultimately land her in the hospital.

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This film feels like a dark, cautionary tale about the intoxicating allure of wealth and the desperate lengths one might go to fit in. It's a slow burn that unravels a web of deceit and dangerous desires.

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