By Alex Silverman
No New Friends is written, directed, and produced by Neha Gautam. The film’s two lead children star alongside their real-life mothers in this simple and sweet story about friendship.
In New York City at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, a four-year-old boy struggles to make friends as he is stuck in the house all day. When he notices a girl around his age looking out from a window across the street, their imaginations run wild as they try to get to know each other while still in isolation. But one day, the little girl is no longer there, resulting in the boy struggling with what to do next. This film’s strength comes from its simplicity and imagination. It captures what many, if not all, of us were feeling when the pandemic began but was still able to simplify it through childlike innocence.
I give this film 3.5 out of 5 stars
Alex is a graduate of Columbia College Chicago with a major in Comedic Writing & Performance and a minor in Writing for Television. Apart from his work as part of the Planet Classroom Network Film Selection team at CMRubinWorld, he is a sketch writer, and pursuing a career in acting in New York City.
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