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Gabriela Cowperthwaite pulls off an impressive trick with Our Friend, a fact-based drama about a young mother (Dakota Johnson) stricken with cancer, her in-over-his-head husband (Casey Affleck) and their best friend (Jason Segel) who helps them in their darkest hour. In the wrong hands, this could have been a run-of-the-mill weeper, but the director employs a deft touch, concentrating on moving the viewer rather than manipulating...
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