by Elinor Jones
![BEST FAKE FRIENDS Not exactly Portlands greatest moment.]( "BEST FAKE FRIENDS Not exactly Portlands greatest moment.")
I'd like to start this review by saying that I commend anyone who has the guts to create something, and put that thing out into the world for consumption and criticism by others. I mean, who am I? I’ve never written a movie! I just blather my dumb opinion about movies for this little paper. I especially don’t want to rag on Portland creators. This town is losing a lot of its scrappy artistic cred, and god forbid something I write here should dissuade anybody from writing and trying. Obviously, I’m not important enough to negatively influence anyone, but I’d still like to preface this review with my unwavering support and awe of people who make things, and my admission that I am a hack. Here we go.
BEST FAKE FRIENDSNot exactly Portland's greatest moment.
I'd like to start this review by saying that I commend anyone who has the guts to create something, and put that thing out into the world for consumption and criticism by others. I mean, who am I? I’ve never written a movie! I just blather my dumb opinion about movies for this little paper. I especially don’t want to rag on Portland creators. This town is losing a lot of its scrappy artistic cred, and god forbid something I write here should dissuade anybody from writing and trying. Obviously, I’m not important enough to negatively influence anyone, but I’d still like to preface this review with my unwavering support and awe of people who make things, and my admission that I am a hack. Here we go.
Best Fake Friends is a new indie film written by two Portlanders, and it was shot in Portland. It’s horrible. I’m sorry. I hate saying that. I’d rather say something nice! But even a hack has to have some level of integrity, and I want to be honest: Best Fake Friends was excruciating to watch and I hated every second of it.