"Friendship" — Read The Screenplay By Andrew DeYoung
One Neighbor. One Midlife Crisis. Zero Chill.
"Friendship" (2025) is a cringe-comedy tragedy for the modern suburban man -- the story of Craig Waterman (Paul Rudd), a mid-level corporate “pattern guy” whose life unravels the moment he meets his too-cool new neighbor, Austin. What starts as a simple misdelivered package becomes a full-blown identity crisis as Craig tries to reinvent himself, impress strangers, save his marriage, and join every group he’s not invited to.
Andrew DeYoung’s screenplay is painfully funny and quietly devastating -- a satire of male loneliness, suburban performance culture, and the desperate, delusional lengths we go to feel like we belong.
"Friendship" — Educator Resources & Study Guide
Comedy Hurts: Writing Male Loneliness with Heart and Humiliation.
In "Friendship," Andrew DeYoung writes one of the most uncomfortable -- and honest -- portraits of male insecurity in years. The script turns small talk into combat, group hangs into gauntlets, and a single broken sliding door into a symbol of emotional collapse. Beneath the jokes is a sharp exploration of what modern masculinity gets wrong: how men perform confidence but fear intimacy, how they crave connection but sabotage it the moment it appears.
For screenwriters, the film is a workshop in cringe as character study -- using humiliation, awkwardness, and exaggerated politeness to reveal the fragile, yearning interior underneath.
"Friendship" One Sheet & Script Intel
Suburban dad Craig falls hard for his charismatic new neighbor, but Craig’s attempts to make an adult male friend threaten to ruin both of their lives. A24
| Type | ... |
FYC
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| Version | ... | FINALFYC |
| Date | ... | 01.10.202409.03.2025 |
| Pages | ... | 104 |
| Genres | ... | Comedy Drama Goofy |
| Screenplay | ... | Andrew DeYoung |
| IMDb ID | ... | 30505698 |
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