{"id":1122823,"date":"2026-02-01T13:30:42","date_gmt":"2026-02-01T13:30:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/?p=523631"},"modified":"2026-02-01T13:30:42","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T13:30:42","slug":"is-this-new-horror-comedy-starring-tim-robinson-the-cure-for-male-loneliness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/is-this-new-horror-comedy-starring-tim-robinson-the-cure-for-male-loneliness\/","title":{"rendered":"Is this new horror comedy starring Tim Robinson the cure for male loneliness?"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure> <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Tim Robinson and Paul Rudd standing in a forest in winter coats in Friendship.\" data-caption=\"\" data-portal-copyright=\"Image: A24\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/is-this-new-horror-comedy-starring-tim-robinson-the-cure-for-male-loneliness.jpg\" \/><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Making friends in adulthood is hard, or at least, harder than it is than in your teens or twenties. With an<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gse.harvard.edu\/ideas\/usable-knowledge\/24\/10\/what-causing-our-epidemic-loneliness-and-how-can-we-fix-it\"> epidemic of loneliness<\/a> on the rise and the continued disappearance of so-called \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/theweek.com\/culture-life\/third-places-disappearing\">third places<\/a>\u201d across the United States, how does one go about making (and maintaining) relationships in our hectic and harrowing world? For Tim Robinson\u2019s character in <em>Friendship, <\/em>the new comedy from A24 and Andrew DeYoung (<em>PEN15<\/em>, <em>Our Flag Means Death<\/em>), friendship isn\u2019t much farther than a few doors away.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\"><em>Friendship<\/em> stars Tim Robinson (<em>I Think You Should Leave<\/em>), as Craig, a mild-mannered suburbanite who meets his neighbor, Austin (Paul Rudd), after the latter\u2019s package is mistakenly delivered to his house. After meeting up for a drink, the two become fast friends \u2013 hanging out together and experiencing the euphoria that comes with hanging out with your homies. Look how happy they are! Just a bunch of buds drinking suds and having fun.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Unfortunately, Austin grows worn out with Craig\u2019s company, which is news Craig doesn\u2019t take very well. What initially appears as an awkward, albeit earnest comedy about male adult friendships quickly veers into psychological thriller territory, with Craig appearing to resort to anything and everything to win back Austin\u2019s friendship. And if he can\u2019t do that\u2019? Well\u2026 we\u2019ll have to see just how dire this situation gets when <em>Friendship<\/em> premieres in theaters this May.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/trailer\/523631\/friendship-paul-rudd-tim-robinson-trailer-i-think-you-should-leave\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Making friends in adulthood is hard, or at least, harder than it is than in your teens or twenties. With an epidemic of loneliness on the rise and the continued disappearance of so-called \u201cthird places\u201d across the United States, how does one go about making (and maintaining) relationships in our hectic and harrowing world? For Tim Robinson\u2019s character in Friendship, the new comedy from A24 and Andrew DeYoung (PEN15, Our Flag Means Death), friendship isn\u2019t much farther than a few doors away.\u00a0 Friendship stars Tim Robinson (I Think You Should Leave), as Craig, a mild-mannered suburbanite who meets his neighbor, Austin (Paul Rudd), after the latter\u2019s package is mistakenly delivered to his house. After meeting up for a drink, the two become fast friends \u2013&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/is-this-new-horror-comedy-starring-tim-robinson-the-cure-for-male-loneliness\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1122824,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1122823","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-polygon"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Is this new horror comedy starring Tim Robinson the cure for male loneliness? | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Making friends in adulthood is hard, or at least, harder than it is than in your teens or twenties. 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