Peter's Friends

Peter's Friends is a 1992 comedy-drama movie. It is about old friends gathering at a New Year's party. Emma Thompson plays Maggie Chester. Imelda Staunton plays Mary. Rita Rudner plays Carol. The movie was written by Rita Rudner and Martin Bergman. The director and producer was Kenneth Branagh.

This movie was released on September 18, 1992. It had positive reviews from critics.

Cast

Reception

Box office
Peter's Friends made £3.1 million dollars in the box office in the United Kingdom. In the United States, it made over $4 million. 

Critical response
Peter's Friends had positive reviews from critics. Rotten Tomatoes gave the movie an "approval rating" of 65%.

Roger Ebert from the Chicago Sun-Times said the movie was "more or less predictable". This meant he thought the movie's structure was not original. However, he gave the movie three-and-a-half stars. He also said it reminded him of movies like The Big Chill. However, he also said that the movie was better than other moves like this one. He said the movie had good dialogue and writing.

The critic James Berardinelli gave the movie two-and-a-half out of four stars. He said the movie can be funny, but also annoying. He also liked the acting and directing. His biggest complain was the movie's screenplay and that the movie was Branagh's worst screenplay.

Accolades
Peter's Friends was nominated for a Goya Award. The movie won two Evening Standard British Film Awards. It was 8th place in the National Board of Review's Top Ten 1992 films.
 Award Category Recipients  Result Evening Standard British Film Awards Best Actress Emma Thompson  Peter Sellers Award for Comedy Kenneth Branagh  Goya Awards Best European Film Kenneth Branagh 

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Category:1992 comedy-drama movies
Category:1992 romantic comedy movies
Category:British romantic comedy movies
Category:British LGBT movies
Category:Movies directed by Kenneth Branagh
Category:Movies set in England
Category:Movies set in the 1980s