[FRIENDED TO DEATH
opens in Cleveland on Friday May 2nd exclusively at Tower City
Cinemas.]
Review
by Bob Ignizio
Parking cop Michael (Ryan Hansen) is
the sort of minor authority figure who takes genuine pleasure in
exerting what small power he has upon the rest of the world. Both
while on and off the clock, Michael feels compelled to share his
every move and mood via a constant stream of photo uploads and status
updates to his 400+ facebook friends.
In real life, the number of actual
friends Michael has is considerably lower. Even his fellow parking
cops don't like him, and Joel (Zach MacGowan), the guy Michael
considers his best friend, has just essentially dumped him for the
slightly less obnoxious Kev (Ian Michaels). On the same day that he
loses his best friend, Michael also loses his job for posting a
picture of one of the cars he ticketed on facebook that shows the
license plate, considered under workplace rules to be an invasion of
privacy issue.
