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{{Infobox film
| name           = New Best Friend
| image          = New best friend.jpg
| caption        = Theatrical release poster
| director       = Zoe Clarke-Williams
| producer       = [[Frank Mancuso Jr.]]
| writer         = Victoria Strouse
| starring       = [[Mia Kirshner]]<br />[[Meredith Monroe]]<br />[[Dominique Swain]]<br />[[Rachel True]]<br />[[Eric Michael Cole]]<br />[[Scott Bairstow]]<br />[[Taye Diggs]]
| music          = [[David Hughes (musician)|David A. Hughes]]<br />[[John Murphy (composer)|John Murphy]]
| cinematography = Tom Priestley Jr.
| editing        = [[Norman Buckley]]<br />Leo Trombetta
| studio        = FGM Entertainment<ref name="afi">{{cite web|title=New Best Friend (2002)|website=[[AFI Catalog of Feature Films]]|access-date=13 June 2023|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/62475-NEW-BESTFRIEND }}</ref>
| distributor    = [[TriStar Pictures]]<ref name=Variety/> (through [[Sony Pictures Releasing]]<ref name="afi"/>)
| released       = {{Film date|2002|4|12}}
| runtime        = 91 minutes
| country        = United States
| language       = English
| budget         = $8 million<ref name="ScrDai"/>
| gross          = $46,375<ref name="Mojo title|newbestfriend">{{Mojo title|newbestfriend}}</ref>
}}

'''''New Best Friend''''' is a 2002 American [[psychological thriller]] film based on a story by Victoria Strouse. The film was originally owned by [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]] (MGM), which eventually lost the rights to it. Later, [[Sony Pictures]] acquired the rights to distribute the film in the [[United States]] and some other territories mainly on home video;<ref name="ScrDai"/><ref name=Variety>{{cite web|title=Crash registers at B.O.|url=https://variety.com/2002/film/box-office/crash-registers-at-b-o-1117865366/|work=Variety|date=14 April 2002|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304093900/https://variety.com/2002/film/box-office/crash-registers-at-b-o-1117865366/|access-date=4 January 2013|archive-date=2016-03-04}}</ref> the film was ultimately released theatrically in the United States in a [[limited theatrical release]] by [[TriStar Pictures]] on April 12, 2002.<ref name=Mojo>{{cite web|title=New Best Friend|url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=newbestfriend.htm|work=Box Office Mojo|access-date=4 January 2013}}</ref> It was a critical and box office bomb.<ref name="ScrDai">{{cite web|title=Columbia, Winchester take over New Best Friend|url=http://www.screendaily.com/columbia-winchester-take-over-new-best-friend/407380.article|work=Screen Daily|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303174101/http://www.screendaily.com/columbia-winchester-take-over-new-best-friend/407380.article|access-date=4 January 2013|archive-date=2016-03-03}}</ref>

==Plot summary==
A North Carolina sheriff investigates the near-fatal drug overdose of a working class college girl and discovers many sordid details of her life before and during her descent into drugs and debauchery.<ref>https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0191074/ {{User-generated source|certain=yes|date=March 2022}}</ref>

==Cast==
* [[Mia Kirshner]] as Alicia Campbell
* [[Meredith Monroe]] as Hadley Ashton
* [[Dominique Swain]] as Sidney Barrett
* [[Rachel True]] as Julianne Livingstone
* [[Eric Michael Cole]] as Warren
* [[Scott Bairstow]] as Trevor
* [[Taye Diggs]] as Sheriff Artie Bonner
* [[Oliver Hudson]] as Josh
* Joanna Canton as Sarah
* [[Dean James (actor)|Dean James]] as Max
* [[Glynnis O'Connor]] as Connie Campbell
* Ralph Price as Eddie

==Reception==
===Critical response===
On [[Rotten Tomatoes]], it has a rating of 5%.<ref name="Tomatoes">{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/new_best_friend |title=New Best Friend reviews |website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |access-date=March 19, 2024 }}</ref>

===Box office===
It grossed $46,375 against a budget of $8 million.<ref name="Mojo title|newbestfriend">{{Mojo title|newbestfriend}}</ref><ref name="ScrDai" />

==Notes==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0191074|New Best Friend}}

[[Category:2002 films]]
[[Category:2000s mystery drama films]]
[[Category:2002 psychological thriller films]]
[[Category:2000s teen drama films]]
[[Category:American mystery thriller films]]
[[Category:American psychological thriller films]]
[[Category:American teen drama films]]
[[Category:Films about substance abuse in the United States]]
[[Category:Films scored by John Murphy (composer)]]
[[Category:Films set in North Carolina]]
[[Category:Films set in universities and colleges]]
[[Category:Films shot in North Carolina]]
[[Category:Films shot in South Carolina]]
[[Category:Films with screenplays by Victoria Strouse]]
[[Category:Teen mystery films]]
[[Category:TriStar Pictures films]]
[[Category:2002 drama films]]
[[Category:2000s English-language films]]
[[Category:2000s American films]]
[[Category:Films produced by Frank Mancuso Jr.]]
[[Category:English-language mystery drama films]]
[[Category:English-language thriller films]]


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