Friends With Money – Spring 2006
Review originally published in NCC’s The Vignette
(This review has been updated with better grammar from the
originally published version. Significant changes are noted with strikethroughs
and/or asterisks. Updated and additional notes are further below.)
"Friends With Money is a difficult movie to absorb. There are so many layers. It is not a feel-good movie. It is not a typical comedy. It does have heart and the largest dose of truth I have seen in a long time. Even though the target demographic seems to be ages 30-45, I can appreciate its messages. (Me being so young, hyperbolic, and confident but kinda wrong here. LOL.)
Three friends are rich (Catherine Keener, Joan Cusack, and
Frances McDormand) and married. One friend (Jennifer Aniston) is single and a maid
*house cleaner (there is a difference). Including the husbands and supporting characters,
any one of these people *characters could exist in reality. The world of
the rich is opened up into a new perspective. The general assumption is that
those who have money should be happy. Those with money should have less problems.
This movie shows that those who have money are still human. Their problems are
only different and *that emotions are *still universal. It reminds us that
money is only material.
