New Best Friend (2002)

New Best Friend (2002)

  • 5.3
  • 91 mins
  • Mystery, Drama, Gay & Lesbian, Thriller

Storyline

At fancy, private Colby University, in the North Carolina hills, a drug overdose puts a senior near death. The school administration calls in the acting sheriff to conduct "a delicate and discrete investigation" - a whitewash. The more he digs, the more evidence he finds that the overdose may have been attempted murder. In flashbacks that parallel his investigation, we see Alicia, a scholarship girl worried about her grades, gradually pulled into the social life of three rich and amoral young women, led by the blond Hadley, a femme fatale. Before the investigation ends, we've met boyfriends, a drug dealer, Alicia's mom, Hadley's dad, nurses, doctors, and an orderly.—



Short Review

A campus drama-cum-whodunit that's obvious and exploitative even by low-bar youthpic standards.


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