You’ll want to go hug your best friend
My best friend is my girlfriend, she is the one person in the world who gets me the most. I mention this because Paddleton isn’t a cancer film with two people who just met each other and are now in love but are stopped by a terminal illness. No,
Paddleton the game is simlpy hitting a ball against a wall with a racquet and trying to get the ball into a small bucket. The chances of it happening are highly unlikely but when it does happen it is a spectacular moment. The film Paddleton only mentions this twice but it is key to one of the film’s main messages.
A moment as singular and as important as that only comes along every once in awhile, and to some never at all. This cancer story about two friends, Michael (Mark Duplass) and Andy (Ray Romano), shows what its like if that moment was your new best friend has become your new neighbour. Andy lives in the flat above Michael and over their time living there they have become best friends. They have their own routine, pizza, movies and
All starts to become grinding to halt as Michael finds out he has cancer and it is terminal. As best friends should be, Andy is extremely worried about him and the thought of losing him. The two adventure to a far away town to get the medicine that will let Michael die a peaceful death at home. It might sound like a really grim story but the film remains funny and true to
Mark Duplass is great as Michael. He never goes over the top with the situation his character is in,
Romano acts exactly how I imagine my own best friend would be if I was in Michael’s position. To Michael, he is strong and funny in front of him bu b
I don’t know if you have to be in a certain position in your life to truly have this film have a huge effect on you. I’m capable enough to say of late I’ve been going through problems, not as bad as cancer though, that I wouldn’t be able to get through without my best friend and Paddleton captures that feeling like lightning in a bottle
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I don’t know what I would do without my best friend. If anything happened to her I would be wrecked. If anything happened to me I know she would be the same too.
This beautiful and heartfelt soon to be Netflix hit should be watched by all. If only to get its story of spending more time with your best friend out there more. Otherwise, you might not realise how badly you want to spend time with your best friend until it’s too late. Now go watch Paddleton, Duplass and Romano are amazing and it’s a fantastical directed by Alex Lehmann. Afterwards, hug your best friend and cry…that’s what I did.