Paul Rudd is certainly drawn to tales of male bonding. He scored a few hits in his career exploring relationships between friends learning to have fun and relate to each other. Silliness ensued in offerings such as “I Love You, Man” and “Role Models,” but “Friendship” is a much stranger, darker overview of camaraderie. Writer/director Andre DeYoung goes the anti-comedy route with the picture, detailing the mental health decline of a man who simply wants to be accepted by others, unable to control himself when his idyllic life is denied. “Friendship” pairs Rudd with Tim Robinson, a former “Saturday Night Live” player who’s built a small empire of strangeness on television. DeYoung is ready to utilize this bizarre intensity, setting Robinson loose in the feature, which has some laughs, plenty of awkwardness, and an uneven way of delivering a psychological study of human need. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com