Buddy movie

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Buddy film or buddy movie is a film genre with two main characters of the same sex. The term is derived from the English word buddy , which means something like friend or mate .

The actors of a buddy film are almost forced to act collectively by an interpersonal relationship or acquaintance, an event or a situation in order to be able to solve the connecting problem - usually at the end of the story - in teamwork.

For the most part, people are used for the acting duos who are at different levels in terms of worldview , origin , temperament , phenotype , stature , abilities and skills. The resulting conflict between the two people and the interaction with the respective counterpart offers, among other things, scope for comedic elements, which is why such films are usually located in the comedy genre . Often there is a proximity to the action film and especially to the road movie .

A sub-genre is the buddy cop film , in which the protagonists are also members of a police unit.

Examples

Well-known screen pairs

Buddy Cop Movies

TV Shows

The successful concept of buddy movies was also applied to television series. Starsky & Hutch (Buddy-Cop-Film) and Männerwirtschaft were particularly successful , the latter series is thematically based on the similar film A Strange Couple .

See also