Lakeview

9/25/2025

Friendships are one of the greatest treasures of the human experience. They can provide us with tremendous joy and fulfillment. But they can also come with frustration and heartache, especially if feelings of betrayal enter the picture or if we find ourselves having to go to extraordinary lengths to maintain them, bringing out the love-hate relationship we sometimes have with them. In the end, though, we generally discover that the effort we must put into them is more than worth it, particularly when we gather en masse to celebrate their innate splendor. Such is the case in writer-director Tara Thorne’s second feature, an intensely personal comedy-drama about a weekend reunion of seven dear friends. The occasion? Darcy (Lesley Smith), a middle-aged, well-to-do self-described “baroness,” in