Peter's Friends Movie Review 1992

Peter has recently inherited a grand manor house located outside London and invites some chums to celebrate a New Year's Eve weekend, ten years after they've been at university together. So begins another nostalgic trip down memory lane ala "The Big Chill," but unlike other clones, this one can stand on its own, with a lightweight and sly script by talented comedienne Rudner (in her film debut) and her husband Bergman. If the script sometimes falls a little flat, the fine cast will make up for it. Thompson's mother, actress Law, plays the housekeeper.

Distribution

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Available on VHS
Running time 102 minutes.
Originally from British.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Comedy Drama, Buddies, AIDS, Boomer Reunions, New Year's Eve

Screenplay

Rita Rudner, Martin Bregman

Cast

Kenneth Branagh, Rita Rudner, Emma Thompson, Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie, Imelda Staunton, Alphonsia Emmanuel, Tony Slattery, Alex Lowe, Alex Scott, Phyllida Law, Richard Briers

Director

Kenneth Branagh

Music

Jacques Offenbach

Producer

Kenneth Branagh, Samuel Goldwyn Company