The Best Man

After painter Michael Mike Sheldrakes failed suicide attempt housemate and lifelong best friend Peter Tremaine an antiques shop owner reminisces their common past like Mike does in therapy It started at the beach when scrubby scared Mikey became the dependent protégé of forceful Pete both doted by Petes dad a wealthy lawyer Afterwards Mike moves out to marry Kate Pete accepts to be best man but overdoes that arranging to get stuck in the honeymoon hotel he paid for Drama from their boarding school childhood intertwines with tragedy for the mates Kate and vindictive former police detective Miller