Contentar Best movie of this year hands down!

Dynamixor The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.

Neive Bellamy Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.

Rosie Searle It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

studioAT I don't watch a lot of foreign films. This is probably one of the few I've seen, let alone reviewed.I take comfort then in the fact that this is a good one to see.Full of funny observations on life and friendship, this is a lovely almost 'Odd Couple' style film that raises a few smiles along the way as it mixes humour and heart.I'd say try and find a copy online or on DVD, as it was a surprisingly enjoyable film.

mhmunim-1 It's very rarely do I get to see a film which is so masterful in telling a story. This has got to be one of the most charming films I have seen. It tells the story of a man who has thinks he has everything but in reality has nothing through his indifference to other people.His associates tell him that he has no friends which he denies only to find he truly has no friends and making one is not so easy when you aren't a pleasant person yourself. It shows him go through humility before learning the meaning of a true friend and in turn becoming a better and well liked person. Only when he stopped being selfish he began to realise how his actions have affected those around him. People here say the ending was weak but I thought it's very heartwarming and touching and it put a smile on my face. Simply magnificent.

Gordon-11 This film is about a wealthy antique dealer who does not know what friendship is. Due to a bet, he has to find a best friend in 10 days."Mon Meilleur Ami" is a beautiful film. The portrayal of François Coste is realistically unlikable. His social inaptness is very funny, and his search for friendship is hilarious. The humour is subtle but it works well. Bruno, a normally bright and sociable guy, has moments that he becomes paralysed by anxiety. Dany Boon plays his part very well, especially towards the end when he is on stage. He is likable, giving off a positive and almost irresistible charm. I feel so sorry for him as I feel he could have achieved so much more with his knowledge.The friendship between them is portrayed in a realistic and humane manner, which viewers will have no problems relating to. For the ending, everything falls into place and I feel very touched by it. To see all the closure and forgiveness is very satisfying. I enjoyed watching "Mon Meilleur Ami" a lot.

Roland E. Zwick Francois Coste (Daniel Auteuil) is a Parisian antiques dealer who becomes obsessed with finding a best friend after a casual acquaintance off-handedly remarks that Francois has no single person in his life who fulfills that role. This sets Francois off on a mission to prove the acquaintance wrong, finally alighting on a gregarious taxicab driver named Bruno (Dany Boon) to instruct him on the ins and outs of how to make a lifelong buddy.One of the drawbacks of "My Best Friend" is that we are required to take so much of it on faith, since Francois really doesn't seem to be all that unfriendly and unaffable a guy when you get right down to it. We keep being told that he is cold, self-centered and heartless but, at least as portrayed by Auteuil, Francois doesn't seem to embody much in the way of those qualities - and without that crucial dimension, the movie itself fails to engage us in its premise."My Best Friend" is a harmless enough little piffle, I suppose, but it's afflicted with that cutesy, self-congratulatory smugness that is the bane of so many French comedies. Frankly, five minutes after the movie's over, we've all but forgotten we ever saw it.