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This comedy drama, a sort of British version of The Big Chill (1983), was directed by Kenneth Branagh. Ten years after they were members of a music and comedy troupe at Cambridge University, a diverse group of friends in their early 30s gather at the expansive estate of Peter Morton (Stephen Fry), who's invited them there for a reunion.
Released September 18th, 1992, 'Peter's Friends' stars Kenneth Branagh, Stephen Fry, Emma Thompson, Hugh Laurie The R movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 41 min, and received a user score of 65 (out ...
Film starts off on New Years Eve 1982 with a collegiate musical troupe giving their final bad performance. It cuts to 1992 where one of them named Peter (Stephen Fry) invites the whole group to his remote English castle for a New Years Eve party.
The clever, facile Peter's Friends doesn't bear much scrutiny, and its attempts at pathos are more opportunistic than earned. Still, Branagh knows how to put on a lively show. Full Review | May 25 ...
After inheriting a large country estate from his late father, Peter invites his friends from college: married couple Roger and Mary, the lonely Maggie, fashionable Sarah, and writer Andrew, who brings his American TV star wife, Carol. Sarah's new boyfriend, Brian, also attends. It has been 10 years since college, and they find their lives are very different.
Six long-time Cambridge Footlights friends meet up for a New Year's Eve dinner party, following not just how their lives have changed but how they now…
Peter's Friends is a slice-of-life movie that illustrates the reunion of six once-close friends ten years after their last get-together. Needless to say, each of them has changed in many ways, and not always for the better. At its best, Peter's Friends is warm, touching, and funny. At its worst, it's annoying and preachy.
