Movie Review: Naomi Watts and a Great Dane mourn Bill Murray in ‘The Friend’ | Hollywood
Having it all means different things to everyone, but a rent-controlled apartment in Manhattan is probably pretty close to a universal dream — even for non-New Yorkers. It’s easy enough, then, to understand the profound conundrum facing Iris , a writer and professor who suddenly finds herself with a 150-pound Great Dane ward after an unexpected death in “The Friend.” Movie Review: Naomi Watts and a Great Dane mourn Bill Murray in ‘The Friend’ Not only is her place a mere 500 square feet, but it’s also one of those pesky buildings in which dogs are not welcome. Not even the cute, well-behaved ones. Dog lovers may find the choice simple and the apartment rules cruelly restrictive, but this is a single woman living a writer’s life in one of the most expensive cities in the world. And now she’s grappling with the idea of saying goodbye to a major part of her identity because her dear friend and mentor Walter died without leaving behind a plan for his beloved dog Apollo . Or perhaps …
