Weekend trips, office parties, late night conversations, drinking on the job, marriage pressure, biological clocks, holding eye contact a second too long… you know what makes the line between “friends” and “more than friends” really blurry? Beer.
"Drinking Buddies" sneaks up on you; you think it's going in one direction, and suddenly it goes somewhere much more interesting.
– Moira MacDonald,
Seattle Times,
5 Sep 2013
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Not much happens in Drinking Buddies, which, frankly, is refreshing.
– Liam Lacey,
Globe and Mail,
6 Sep 2013
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[Swanberg] points the movie in directions that defy our expectations, exploring the characters' immaturity and the entropy of human interaction.
– Ty Burr,
Boston Globe,
12 Sep 2013
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Here's a toast to the cast and crew: "Drinking Buddies" is a three-dimensional movie that doesn't require beer goggles.
– Joe Williams,
St. Louis Post-Dispatch,
25 Sep 2013
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The film's quartet of post-slackers are captured as they feel their way around the edges of what they want (and are afraid to ask for) with painful accuracy.