It seems like we’re bombarded with new Netflix productions to watch every day. Documentaries, original shows, original movies — it’s all hard to keep track of. On Feb. 22, however, Netflix released a movie very much worth your time, by the name of Paddleton.

The film tells the story of Andy (Ray Romano) and Michael (Mark Duplass), neighbors forced to deal with a situation much more serious than they’re used to when Michael is diagnosed with cancer. Audience members are thrown right into the storm without warning; the film opens in a hospital room.

After declining invasive treatment, Michael is given less than six months to live. He elects to spend it with Andy, doing just what they’ve been doing for what seems like years — making pizza, watching movies and playing “paddleton,” a squash-like game they invented where players hit a ball off a wall into a barrel.

At its core, Paddleton is a tribute to friendship. Andy and Michael are an odd pair — Andy is older and works in an office, and Michael works at a copy store. But their relationship is clearly important in each other’s lives.

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The fact that the two seem incredibly close elicits questions from other characters throughout the movie. Whether it is the nurse asking about the nature of their relationship or the hotel employee informing them they can get a single king-sized bed instead of two queen-sized ones, people make the assumption that the two are a gay couple.

“We’re neighbors,” Ray Romano’s character tells the nurse in the opening scene. “I live on top of him.”

Besides providing comic relief with the explanation, this detail of the movie works to tear down the idea that it’s odd for men to have extremely close platonic friendships with other men. Andy and Michael don’t have a shred of toxic masculinity in their bodies. They’re extremely comfortable with their coexisting lives.

Though both actors are known for their comedic performances, Duplass and Romano give solid dramatic performances. Fans of The League might know Duplass as Pete in the FX comedy that ran from 2009 to 2015. In Paddleton, Romano plays a character similar to the one he played in Oscar-nominated The Big Sick, in which he portrays the father of a woman in a coma. In both films, Romano weaves sadness, comedy and awkwardness together in a delightful manner.

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Another strength of Paddleton is how it shows the process of dealing with terminal illness. It takes a unique approach because Michael does not want to fight the cancer or to go through serious, painful treatment. You start the film knowing how it will end.

The movie is intentionally vague with regard to its setting and details about the character’s lives — such as their last names — and there is minimal focus directly on Michael’s cancer. This can sometimes lead to a feeling of unfamiliarity with the characters, but it also allows the story and its lessons to be more easily received.

Paddleton’s beauty is based on the fact that it isn’t complicated. Like cheese pizza and Jeopardy, sometimes the simplest things can be the best.