director : kenneth branagh writers : rita rudner and martin bregman starring : kenneth branagh , emma thompson , stephen fry , alphonsia emmanuel , hugh laurie , imelda staunton , rita rudner , tony slattery , phyllida law , alex lowe , richard briers the reunion film is not an original idea in any way , shape , or form . it's been done throughout film history over and over again , and has become one of the many sub-genres , like the prep school sub-genre , the angst-filled teen sub-genre , and the slasher sub-genre . what makes " peter's friends " so remarkable is not how it doesn't follow the rules of this sub-genre , but how it follows it so well , and creates characters that i wouldn't mind hanging with . what are the rules of the reunion sub-genre ? well . . . . 1 . you need a group of friends , most of them married or at least dating , and sometimes even married or dating eachother . 
