New Best Friend
- Director: Zoe Clarke-Williams
- Writer: Victoria Strouse
- Producer: Tom Gorai; Vikki Williams
CGiii Comment
Tedious chick flick - that fails to engage.
Weak script and shaky performances confirm its journey to the garbage bin.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
At fancy, private Colby University, in the North Carolina hills, a drug overdose puts a senior near death. The school administration calls in the acting sheriff to conduct "a delicate and discrete investigation" - a whitewash. The more he digs, the more evidence he finds that the overdose may have been attempted murder. In flashbacks that parallel his investigation, we see Alicia, a scholarship girl worried about her grades, gradually pulled into the social life of three rich and amoral young women, led by the blond Hadley, a femme fatale. Before the investigation ends, we've met boyfriends, a drug dealer, Alicia's mom, Hadley's dad, nurses, doctors, and an orderly.
Cast & Characters
Mia Kirshner as Alicia Campbell;
Meredith Monroe as Hadley Ashton;
Dominique Swain as Sidney Barrett;
Scott Bairstow as Trevor;
Rachel True as Julianne Livingston;
Taye Diggs as Sheriff Artie Bonner;
Glynnis O'Connor as Connie Campbell;
Joanna Canton as Sarah;
Eric Michael Cole as Warren;
Oliver Hudson as Josh;
Dean James as Max;
J. Michael Hunter as Charlie;
Edmund Kearney as Dean;
Don Henderson Baker as Haas;
Shawn Michelle Cosby as Joanie