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MPAA Rating: R Content Advisory: Strong Sexual Content, Adult Language, Substance Abuse Movie Release: 2002 DVD Release: 07/16/2002 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV,Pan and Scan - Closed Captioned Audio Tracks: English Subtitles: English, French SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 30 mins Studio: Columbia TriStar Total Copies: 1 Genres: Thriller, Teen Movie, Psychological Thriller

Three rich, pretty people befriend their poor, mousy classmate and live to regret it in this teen-centric thriller. Alicia (Mia Kirshner), Hadley (Meredith Monroe), Julianne (Rachel True), and Sydney (Dominique Swain) are four students enrolled in the same sociology class at Colby University, an exclusive and respected college in the Carolinas. Alicia is a local girl born into modest circumstances who struggles to make ends meet and rarely gets a second look from the male students on campus, while Hadley, Julianne, and Sydney are close friends who all come from wealthy families and seem more concerned with partying than their studies. Alicia and Hadley are paired up to work on their semester project for the class, which is to be centered around the theme "Lead, Follow, or Get Out of the Way." As part of the project, Hadley decides to befriend Alicia, and brings her into her social circle. At first, Alicia seems more than grateful for the attention of her new friends, and blooms under the influence of Hadley, Julianne, and Sydney. But it isn't long before Alicia's personality begins to shift; she develops a powerful appetite for drugs and alcohol, and soon begins taking advantage of her new friendships. Things come to a head when Alicia seduces Sydney's boyfriend, Josh (Oliver Hudson), and soon Alicia ends up in the hospital after OD'ing on drugs. Artie Bonner (Taye Diggs), a local sheriff, begins looking into Alicia's case, convinced that her near-fatal accident with drugs was no accident at all. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

Mia Kirshner - Alicia
Meredith Monroe - Hadley
Dominique Swain - Sydney
Scott Bairstow - Trevor
Rachel True - Julianne
Taye Diggs - Artie
Oliver Hudson

Zoe Clarke-Williams high-school drama New Best Friend comes to DVD with pair of transfers. The widescreen anamorphic transfer preserves the original theatrical aspect ratio of 1.78:1, and is preferable in every way to the standard full-frame image. A closed-captioned English soundtrack is rendered in Dolby Digital 5.1. English and French subtitles are accessible. Supplemental materials include a commentary track recorded by the director, filmographies, and trailers. Although the film may not be well known, this is an excellent disc from Columbia/TriStar. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide