Wow! Such a good movie.

What a waste of my time!!!

In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

If you like to be scared, if you like to laugh, and if you like to learn a thing or two at the movies, this absolutely cannot be missed.

A supposed comedy without surprising moments or funny situations, predictable and without romantic tension, in which the only interesting characteristic of the male 'handsome' is that he plays cards and wins. Plus it's one of those movies where the prettiest girl is the loser. Where have I seen this? Seems like all the fun is in drinking all the time. It looks like a promo of a beer brand rather than a movie in which its creators want to transmit some of their creativity. Flat and boring.

Drinking BuddiesIt may resemble too much to the real world and still offer us enough reason to hang on to it as it is so perfectly written that its tone is surprisingly acceptable.

I found this movie on Netflix streaming movies. My wife chose to skip it, I think she made a mistake. It is a very pleasant relationship movie.One of the reasons I enjoyed it is for the beer theme. Much of it is set inside a small brewery (filmed in Chicago) and many of the characters work there, making beer, drinking beer, and discussing life.The story focuses on two couples, Kate and Jake each work at the brewery, seem very compatible, are best friends because each already has a significant other. Jake is planning to eventually marry Jill, and Kate seems in love with Chris.When the four of them go away to a lake house on Lake Michigan for a weekend it seems that the guys are paired up with the wrong girls. But nothing sinister happens, it just opens eyes to other possibilities.Many who prefer action movies may not like this movie because not a lot happens, there are a number of conversations that go on a bit, but the script writing and the acting are first rate. It all comes over as very believable, that these could be real couples struggling with these real issues.Olivia Wilde is Kate, Jake Johnson is Luke, Anna Kendrick is Jill, and Ron Livingston in his typical understated style is Chris.

Neither bad or approaching anything remotely good, Drinking Buddies is a more an acting improv exercise than a film. There's nothing cinematic here and the small servings of drama and comedy are lost in a film that never finds its purpose to exist. Taking place in a few locations, with no script, the cast does a decent job of keeping this mostly watchable, but with such little substance, the film is practically vapor by the end credits. Drinking Buddies is the kind of quiet film that attempts and almost approaches honesty through its everyday people characters, but watching these people get drunk and flirt feels more and more distancing to the viewer as the film goes on - its getting a small peek at a slice of life from a few very believable, but uninteresting characters. There hits a point that spending time with these people has worn out its welcome and their little story is undeserving of big screen treatment. There's no eye rolling moments here, but it's a dramatic flatline of a film that amounts to being nothing more than a time waster.