‘Friendship’ Review: Tim Robinson Brings His Masochistic Cringe Comedy to a Scattershot Satire of Male Bonding

When you first see Tim Robinson, he may remind you of a lot of other rubber-faced, madcap-furious walking-id comedians. With his grim leer, turtle-like demeanor, and eyes that pop with oddball intensity, he could almost be the son of Rodney Dangerfield. He specializes in slow-burn meltdowns, working his way up to a kitsch fury that’s a hair’s breadth from the real thing. In that way, he’s a cousin to blowing-their-stack jokers like Will Ferrell or the young Jim Carrey.

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But Robinson, who started out on “Saturday Night Live” before moving onto the maniacally inventive Netflix comedy series “I Think You Should Leave with

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