Alicia is a poor girl starting college. Hadley, Julianne and Sydney are three well-off girls in a row house. Classes begin and Alicia is paired with Hadley to work on a sociology class project. At first rejected, Alicia is finally accepted into Hadley's clique where she is introduced to a world of privilege and dangerous thrills. But her attempts to become one of them ultimately land her in the hospital.
New Best Friend has generally received negative reviews.
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Review of New Best Friend (2002)
By Chris Hewitt (St. Paul) (2,277) for St. Paul Pioneer Press (4,360) on 10 Apr 2002
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By Chris Hewitt (2,086) for St. Paul Pioneer Press (4,360) on 10 Apr 2002
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By Owen Gleiberman (3,271) for Entertainment Weekly (6,953) on 17 Apr 2002
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By Marc Savlov (2,019) for Austin Chronicle (7,653) on 13 Apr 2002
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New Best Friend was released in 2002 and has generally received negative reviews.
Online reviewers have written 74 reviews, giving New Best Friend (2002) an average rating of 40%.
Overall, cinema-goers prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 61%, compared to film critics, who gave it a lower average score of 36%. Amateur reviewers were more impressed with New Best Friend than critics were.
With a score of 40%, New Best Friend is below the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 2002, which stands at 59%.
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