6 of the best buddy films
Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau set the bar for bickering-buddy movies in 'The Odd Couple' (1968). But there are some other contenders for the BFF (best friends on film) title. Sue de Groot suggests a few The Sting (1973)Apart from a catchy theme tune and sharp millinery, Paul Newman and Robert Redford had con-man camaraderie that not even the Ocean's Eleven team has been able to match. Stir Crazy (1980)Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor achieved immortality as accidental jailbirds Skip and Harry, not just for the wildness of this madcap movie but for its underlying tenderness.Thelma & Louise (1991)Susan Sarandon and Geena Davis took friendship to its limit and over the edge. Only a true friend would keep driving.White Men Can't Jump (1992)Wesley Snipes and his brother-from-another-mother Woody Harrelson added charisma to the traditional con caper as basketball hustlers Sidney and Billy.Léon: The Professional (1994)Not your average buddy film, but Jean Reno and Natalie Portman hit a screen chemistry high as a professional assassin and his 12-year-old protégée.Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion (1997)Never in the history of friendship and film has folding scarves meant as much as it did to Mira Sorvino and Lisa Kudrow.• E-mail your best buddy movies to lifestyle@sundaytimes.co.za..
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