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      Buddies

      Released Sep 12, 1985 1h 21m Drama LGBTQ+ List
      100% Tomatometer 11 Reviews 47% Audience Score 50+ Ratings A man in the final stages of AIDS shares personal memories and insights with his volunteer caregiver. Read More Read Less

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      Leslie Felperin Guardian Offers a moving reminder of a time that seems both immensely far away and like yesterday. Rated: 4/5 Dec 5, 2019 Full Review Nigel Andrews Financial Times It's a film full of compassion yet miraculously free of self-pity. Rated: 4/5 Dec 4, 2019 Full Review Chuck Wilson Village Voice Thirty-three years after its initial release, the film remains as affecting as ever. Jun 19, 2018 Full Review Brian T. Carney Washington Blade Buddies paints a poignant tale with simple, assured filmmaking... Dec 7, 2022 Full Review David Parkinson Radio Times Raw it may be, but this captures a seismic moment in social history with clarity, compassion and authenticity. Rated: 3/5 Jun 8, 2022 Full Review Ben Turner The Pink Lens Passionate in its anger but tender in its humanity. Rated: 4/5 Sep 1, 2021 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Audience Member Clearly a work of art and passion by people who have lived through it, and died shortly after. The most authentic movie ever made about HIV. A time capsule that should be preserved in the Smithsonian. It's that good. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/20/23 Full Review Audience Member A 1985 time capsule of a period that all of us wanted to forget, but couldn't and shouldering. Scripted in 5 days, shot in 9 days and edited in the director, Arthur J. Bressan's living room on a Moviola. Holds up in every way, even after 33 years. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/19/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Synopsis A man in the final stages of AIDS shares personal memories and insights with his volunteer caregiver.
      Director
      Arthur J. Bressan Jr.
      Producer
      Arthur J. Bressan Jr.
      Screenwriter
      Arthur J. Bressan Jr.
      Genre
      Drama, LGBTQ+
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Theaters)
      Sep 12, 1985, Limited
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Sep 29, 2020
      Runtime
      1h 21m