Good movie but grossly overrated

Am i the only one who thinks........Average?

The film may be flawed, but its message is not.

A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

I expected Born Rich to be a slice of high society life, hopefully giving me some (potentially valuable) insight into the mechanics of the world of the very rich. It's not quite that, but I still watched this documentary with interest. Born Rich is basically a short catalog of faces+personalities of rich heirs talking about how they feel about being born into wealth. Most of these guys and gals are charming, fairly smart, and come off as decent. A couple are irritatingly superficial, but not on a grotesque level. Realistically, - and the creator Jaime Johnson (of Johnson & Johnson) strongly implies this in the beginning, - these people have to be relatively open and sincere to agree to participate in this film in the first place. Some of them are probably combining those qualities with the pragmatism of getting some publicity for own ends, but I personally think that digging around in motivation in order to try and measure the degree of someone's "selfishness" or "shrewdness" is, in this case, somewhat pointless, so never mind that.Josiah Hornblower (a Vanderbilt heir) was the most fascinating person to watch, since he seemed to intensely ponder and struggle over the purpose of his own life, and life in general.After you watch this, you'll want to check out an article published at MailOnline in October 2013 that looks at the heroes of the film 10 years later. It gives you more perspective on these people.Director and writer Jaime Johnson says in that article: "I would have liked to have spent more time with each subject in the film, creating a more nuanced portrait of each of their lives." I agree with his assessment in that deeper and more complex portrayals of the film's stars would have improved it.Turns out Jaime Johnson also made the documentary "The One Percent", which might have more of the stuff that I was seeking from this one. Will watch it next. As for Born Rich - it's a solid 7/10, and an interesting gallery of characters.

I liked this movie. You have a lot of super-wealthy, early 20's kids pondering the unique position they perceive themselves to be in, and considering questions about their family, and their future, and their place in society. The people in the film think their dilemmas are unique because of the magnitude of their wealth, but the problems of "what should I do with my life?" are really quite universal and have a broader appeal. These kids are essentially normal people, who just happen to find themselves with gobs of inherited wealth. What would you become in such a situation? Having said that, I would argue that you, my reader, *are* in such a situation. If you're a first-world country resident reading this review over an Internet connection, you have more money than approximately 4 billion people. They would love to have the good fortune you take for granted. What you spend in a single trip to the store could feed a whole village of people. You could take your $30,000 in retirement savings right now to Vietnam (a country where 70+ million people live) and get by better than most without working another day in your life. In fact, this movie about the super-rich, is a movie about *you*.So you should pay attention if you find this movie's subject's ruminations offensive or ignorant. For what they lack in perspective, is exactly what we all lack in perspective.

The most impressive thing about this mediocre movie is the feeling one keeps after watching it. Most of these people in fact seem dumber than average, and with the exception of the ladies, all the males that are present are especially unappealing and some even seem at times like almost retarded. As a documentary, it is pretty simple and pedestrian to a degree, simple interviews with people that are as interesting as a park bench don't amount to much, In theory it sounds better, even the Johnson guy who directed the film speaks with such airs of mental retardation one can't help but wonder, are really rich people destined to have such ordinary offspring?

I saw the film last night, as it is featured for March (2005) on HBO On Demand. I'm so pleased I watched it. Mr. Johnson satisfied my morbid curiosity and fascination with the heirs to great wealth. Nothing shocked or surprised me frankly.I was bored w/ the Euro-Trash Toy Boys... (Cody - from another universe. I mean, come on: time should Pretty Much be spent on Cultivating one's self if found fortunate enough to be born into privilege? And that Viscount/Baron from Germany. He was another pill.) Luke Weil, well enough has been said on him that I should not waste a keystroke more on him. He makes his own case for why folks are disgusted by the idle heirs of fortunes.I was sad for the Whitney/Vanderbilt kid (Hornblower??). He looks like a tragic, scarred young man. I suspect he probably would have been that way whether rich or poor.My favorites were Johnson himself, Ivanka Trump and the Newhouse young man. These three make no pretenses to be anything but themselves: young folks with big bank and huge legacies to live up to or shoulder the burden of. I trust them to make something of their lives that will do something for others, even if it is limited in scope with how it will impact others.But overall? I'm glad they all stick to the same gene pool. Best to keep them separated...Great documentary. Hope he makes more! Hope he doesn't listen to his Dad who recommended he collect historic documents for a living?!?!