Friends with Money

April. 07,2006      R
Rating:
5.8
Trailer Synopsis Cast

As she reaches her mid-thirties and quits her lucrative job, singleton Olivia finds herself unsure about her future and her relationships with her successful and wealthy friends. She begins to envy the security of her richer friends and, although their lives may seem easier, Olivia's friends have their problems too: screenwriters Christine and Patrick are unable to collaborate on their latest project, Jane and Aaron have lost the romance in their relationship, and Franny and Matt have difficulties handling the demands of parenthood.

Jennifer Aniston as  Olivia
Joan Cusack as  Franny
Catherine Keener as  Christine
Frances McDormand as  Jane
Jason Isaacs as  David
Scott Caan as  Mike
Simon McBurney as  Aaron
Greg Germann as  Matt
Timm Sharp as  Richard
Hailey Noelle Johnson as  Tammy

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Reviews

Moustroll
2006/04/07

Good movie but grossly overrated

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GazerRise
2006/04/08

Fantastic!

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Claysaba
2006/04/09

Excellent, Without a doubt!!

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FirstWitch
2006/04/10

A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.

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bbewnylorac
2006/04/11

This film does have things going for it. The production values are high, the cast is impeccable - Joan Cusack, Frances McDormand, Catherine Keener to name a few. And I guess the format of a group of mature age friends living suburban lives is valid. Many French films are based on such ensembles. But I found that there is way, way, too much dialogue in Friends With Money. Characters have to express every little feeling they have, and just about every character has a scene with every other character in which to discuss every detail of their lives, and of their friends' lives. And also the plot is weak -- a group of friends who are rich have a single friend who is working as a maid. Well, how exciting. The movie Spanglish with Adam Sandler covered some of the same territory. In that case a Hispanic maid comes with her daughter to live with a rich LA family. But Spanglish had more passion, more interesting twists and turns. Spanglish was about the maid's genuine wish for her daughter not to be swallowed up by this family who were so generous to her. Friends With Money means well, but I didn't warm to it.

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tieman64
2006/04/12

"What's the worst possible thing you can call a woman? You're probably thinking of words like s**t, w***e, b***h, c**t, s**k. Okay, now, what are the worst things you can call a guy? F**, girl, b***h, p***y. I've even heard the term 'm*****a'. Notice anything? The worst thing you can call a girl is a girl. The worst thing you can call a guy is a girl. Being a woman is the ultimate insult. Now tell me that's not royally f****d up." - Jessica Valenti"Women are nothing but machines for producing children." - Napoleon There aren't many female directors who manage to command a global film release. Kathryn Bigelow does, but then she essentially makes big action movies. Meanwhile, "smaller" female directors like Jane Campion, Claire Denis and Kelly Reichardt go unknown. Recent polls even suggest a sharp decline in the number of working female film directors over the past 20 years, at least in Hollywood. In Europe, the opposite seems to be true, though again few flock to see their films. Catherine Breillat's stopped scaring audiences and started scaring financiers.So Nicole Holofcener is a bit of an anomaly. She's not necessary a good director, but she's a woman, and her films, which are almost all romantic dramedies and/or light satires, do enough to differentiate her from other genre film-makers. Perhaps Holofcener's best film, though perhaps also her most unintentionally sinister, "Lovely and Amazing" tracks the lives of several women (a mother, 2 daughters and an adopted daughter), all of whom suffer from various inferiority complexes. Most of these self-esteem issues stem from anxieties regarding self image, masculine expectations, and racial or class based insecurities. So one character feels shameful for being black, another for being overweight, another for ageing, another for not being "sexy", another for not having a job etc. Some characters, as is typical of Holofcener's films, are even guilty/insecure because they're "better" than others, either financially or physically. The film does well to present "real" women, complete with desires, insecurities, hangups and neuroses. Holofcener's cast eschew flattering lighting and make up, her script is consistently funny and/or riveting, and the film contains a number of powerful moments, like one incident in which a woman's body is frankly judged by her lover, and another in which we learn that a depressed kid has been secretly drowning her sorrows at a local fast food joint. Unfortunately things take a dubious turn in "Lovely and Amazing's" final act. The film initially portrays its men in a quite cynical light – they're all judgemental, distant and aloof - and recognises that its female characters are anxious precisely because they define themselves via the gaze of the Male Other, or, in some cases, even other women. But when our female characters then assert their independence, break free from a certain patriarchal thumb or even claim the Male Gaze for themselves, they're swiftly and severely punished (physical disfigurements, rape charges, desexualization etc) by Holofcener. To demand power and the transaction of the gaze is to risk destruction. The film then suggests that the only way to successfully remove oneself from the gaze, from being forced to define oneself in the eyes of another's desires, is to remove oneself totally from all sexuality. In this regard the film ends with our women secluded, asexual, disfigured and back in their ancestral home; 3 lost, desexualised daughters under the eye of a matriarch. Whether Holofcener's being unintentionally reactionary or intentionally critical, is unknown.More conventional is Holofcener's "Friends With Money", which plays like a sprawling, inferior version of her later film, "Please Give". Here the plot centres on several loosely connected friends, all with their own foibles. One subplot involves a woman going through an angry midlife crisis, another involves a husband who may or may not be gay, another involves several women who are either jealous of their own wealth or ashamed of their poverty, whilst another involves a woman struggling with her increasingly distant husband. As with most of Holofcener's film, two themes are given prominence. The first is the question of how one is able to be an agent of compassion in a social system in which individual self interest is given primacy, the second is a subplot in which a woman's artistic passions are repeatedly crushed by financial necessities. The radiant Catherine Keener stars in both films. Emiley Mortimer gives a brave performance in "Lovely and Amazing". Despite being "about women", both films are resoundingly male-centric, womanhood defined entirely by one's relationship to men.8/10 - Worth one viewing.

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dangabriel
2006/04/13

The good 1% of movies out of Los Angeles is here: Friends with money has excellent acting (even Jennifer Aniston cannot mollify director Nicole Holofcener's excellent script) wonderful dialogue with wit and moral. Joan Cusack, Catherine Keener, Simon McBurney are remarkable actors who give solid credibility to their characters, providing the viewer with a great opportunity to social critique while being serenely entertained. Special mention: Scott Caan who plays the jerk with charming villainy.The wit flows everywhere, nobody is spared. The rhythm is spicily quick, there is little time for reflection, (as it is to be done posthumously, one presumes) Great directing by Holofcener, memorable! We only hope the percentage of good movies like this from LA increases, so we don't all migrate towards foreign cinema!

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Jay Addison
2006/04/14

Friends with Money is a star-studded film that arrived with little fanfare, did not much at the box office, and was ignored for the most part by the public all together. I happened to catch it on TV last night and didn't figure I'd make it through the whole thing.But what a lovely little film! The movie focuses on the problematic, intertwined, and utterly believable relationships of four women and their money. It's a testament to the caliber of all the lead actresses that the movie works as well as it does; the performances are wonderful. A surprisingly good turn from Jennifer Aniston. I would like to see more good films like this where she can display her talent. The best of the best, though, is Frances McDormand. She is truly one of the best actresses working today, and this role should have gotten her Oscar attention. She's that good.This film is not for everyone; some people are not going to like it. It's not broad comedy, it's subtle humor. It's not overly romantic, it's sincerely realistic. And it's not typical fun Hollywood flick material, it's a thoughtful film about people's problems and relationships. But if you're looking for realistic, well-acted movies then look no further than this little gem. 7.5/10 stars!Jay Addison

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