So many long shooting cameras, so many dialogs, so many "strangers"(player s) in the movie. Boring, very boring. What on earth does the movie wanna talk about??

Kinda good, kinda bad.

I enjoyed 'Friends and Strangers' a bit at the beginning and a lot near the end, though the middle is lame - in my opinion, of course. The start holds intrigue and the whole chilled vibe is cool, though come the midway point it loses all steam. Thankfully, the concluding parts are its best.

It's the scenes at the villa(s) for the wedding that are the best, I genuinely enjoyed those moments. The rest is either forgettable or straight up uninteresting. It might've worked out better if they stuck with Emma Diaz's Alice, who seemed better in the acting department, rather than Fergus Wilson's Ray.

If you ever wondered what Rohmer would do if he were a young man living in Australia in the early 21st century here is probably your answer

Discombulated vignettes with the only constant being the main male actor seen in different places with different people in middle-class drifter mode with a level of slackdom and aimlessless one can only gawp at ....

This is an arty film and skillful at that ... it is the first full-length feature film from the director it seems ... will want to see the follow-ups.