Naomi Watts grapples with grief and becomes a dog caretaker in the first trailer for The Friend. On Tuesday, Bleecker Street released the clip for the upcoming film, which poignantly captures Watts dealing with the loss of a good friend,

The Friend trailer flips a classic dog movie concern on its head. Instead of worrying that the dog is going to die at the end, it’s the dog’s owner who dies in the beginning. The rest of the trailer,

David Siegel and Scott McGehee cowrote and co-directed the dramedy based on Sigrid Nunez's National Book Award-winning novel.

The Scott McGehee and David Siegel film debuted at the Telluride Film Festival last year The post ‘The Friend’ Trailer Sees Naomi Watts and Bill Murray Deal With a Great Dane-Sized Problem appeared first on TheWrap.

Naomi Watts and Bill Murray lead The Friend, an adaptation of Sigrid Nunez's novel about a woman who adopts her late best friend's Great Dane. Directed and written by David Siegel and Scott McGehee, The Friend sees Watts starring as Iris,