Good Neighbours

Three neighbors are drawn together by a shared fascination with a recent wave of murders that has unsettled their city. Louise and Spencer strike up a bond while debating what the crimes say about their neighborhood, and they welcome a new tenant named Victor into their circle. Soon each of them reveals a secret that could unsettle the fragile trust they’re building. As violence outside grows, the building becomes a cocoon that traps them inside and magnifies every lie, every doubt, every quiet moral compromise. The illusion of safety begins to fracture, one tense moment at a time. As their lies accumulate, the line between protector and predator blurs.

Released in 2011, Good Neighbours is directed by Jacob Tierney and draws on material credited to Chrystine Brouillet. The film sits in the Canadian thriller tradition, pairing a compact ensemble with a tight urban setting.

Box office figures for Good Neighbours are not widely reported. It had a modest release, focusing on festival screenings and limited commercial runs rather than a broad international run. That pattern is typical for niche genre titles from Canada.

While the cast includes Jay Baruchel Scott Speedman Emily Hampshire Gary Farmer and Xavier Dolan, the film did not attract major nominations at the principal awards organizations. Its reception appears primarily in reviews and festival coverage that note mood and character dynamics more than industry accolades.

Critics describe a claustrophobic mood where the interior of an apartment building becomes a stage for paranoia and misdirection. The movie foregrounds trust as a fluctuating factor and asks whether safety can exist when neighbors hide motives beneath ordinary routines. It examines fear as a social force that transforms a community from shelter into danger. The ending keeps this tension alive by resisting neat answers, asking viewers to question their own assumptions about who deserves safety and who can be trusted.