buddy movie
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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What begins in isolation turns into something closer to a buddy movie, as Grace ends up working with an alien he names Rocky, another traveler trying to solve the same problem.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 19, 2026
There wasn't much more enthusiasm from The Times's Kevin Maher, who awarded the film just two stars and called it "a painfully derivative buddy movie".
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2024
There’s a love story between Marty’s parents and there’s also a buddy movie — Marty and Doc putting their friendship on the line.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 31, 2023
Even though half of it is a buddy movie, I was trying to make the other half like a home invasion film.
From Salon ● Jun. 9, 2023
Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones are a pitch-perfect matchup of wisecracking cool and stone-faced professionalism, an oddball buddy movie pairing for the books.
From New York Times ● Dec. 1, 2022
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