''Best Friends Forever'' is a 2013 American female buddy

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directed by Brea Grant and written and starring Brea Grant and Vera Miao. The film premiered at the 2013

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Plot

Harriet and Reba take their '76

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on the open road and instead get a wild ride towards an impending nuclear holocaust in downtown

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Cast

* Brea Grant as Harriet *Vera Miao as Reba * Glen Powell as Nick *

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as Olivia * Constance Wu as Melanie *

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as Sean *Sean Riggs as Chris *Mylinda Royer as Lesly *Stacey Storey as Amanda *

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as Kit *Tom Fox Davies as Sebastian *Ben Hethcoat as Kyle *Riccardo LeBron as Austinite *Grace Yang Vitali as Reba's mom *Christopher Jon Martin as sheriff *Stevin Espinoza as Mattias *Nora Nagatani as woman *Leslie Chappell as woman *Alex Berg as Alex 1 *Alex Fernie as Alex 2

Reception

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website

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the film has a score of 50% based on reviews from 6 critics, with an

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of 4.5/10. John DeFore of ''

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'' wrote "The destruction of

isn't enough to enliven this muddled road movie".

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