The Friend” is about animals, and humans, and grief, and understanding. The Monitor’s critic says the film, based on an award ...

Naomi Watts inherits a 150-pound Great Dane named Apollo after the death of her mentor Bill Murray in “The Friend.” ...

In “The Friend,” a huge dog and his new human, played by Naomi Watts, are in mourning. Both actress and canine had to learn ...

An adaptation of Sigrid Nunez's novel, Watts plays a bereaved writer who is bequeathed a giant dog named Apollo by her friend ...

The Friend is rather tidy for a movie about a prim, comfortable professional confronting tricky emotions while caring for an ...

While the filmmaking pair’s latest might sound squarely aimed at Naomi Watts super-fans and intense animal people, what they ...

Naomi Watts ensured that all eyes did a double take when she arrived at the New York premiere of The Friend on March 24. That ...

The star of “The Friend” has the loping stride of Robert Mitchum and the droopy, melancholy eyes of Peter Lorre.