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Actor: Catherine Keener, Greg Germann, Jason Isaacs, Joan Cusack, Timm SharpBrand: ANISTON,JENNIFER
DVD: Region Code 99
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; French (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 88 minutes
Published: 2006-08-01
DVD Release Date: 2006-08-29
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
DVD Reviews of Friends with Money
DVD Review: 'I Got Problems.'
Summary: 5 Stars
Once in a while a film with the power to keep viewers thinking long beyond the roll of the credits comes along. Writer/director Nicole Holofcener's "Friends with Money" is such a film. The characters are clearly and distinctly cut and their interactions so filled with interesting and psychologically-charged dialogue that it bares richness very rare in film.
It's not surprising that it garnered little respect and came and went quickly in the spring of 2006. Mismarketed as a light, comedic chick-flick, it is a strong and grippingly honest look at human nature - not a chick-flick and certainly not a comedy, despite the toothy grins of its stars on the DVD cover.
Jennifer Aniston portrays Olivia, leading the way as the token black sheep. Although her friends are affluent, accomplished and happily married (or so it would seem) she is living through a pathetic phase. A former teacher emotionally scarred by her students, she becomes a maid, scrubbing strangers' showers and rifling through their vanities for pricey face creams. So great is this obsession that she spends an afternoon acquiring free samples from department stores, as if to flip her finger at her unenviable economic status.
Joan Cusack portrays Franny, the wealthiest of the foursome whose husband Todd, played by Greg Germann, runs through her money like water. Her guilt over her trust fund status seethes beneath the surface of all she does, most especially her heated interactions with Olivia. Franny tries to compensate for her guilt by setting her up with personal trainer Mike, played by Scott Caan, a superficial stack of testosterone who only further serves to deplete Olivia's self-respect.
Christine and David, played respectively by Catherine Keener and Jason Isaacs, are constantly at odds with each other. A married couple rife with problems, they dodge their predicament in the form of an addition to their more than adequate home.
Meanwhile, Jane, portrayed by the incomparable Frances McDormand, has had as much she can take. Between twentysomethings cutting in line at Old Navy, pushy people stealing parking spots, those who simply don't say "thank you" when appropriate, and feeling marginalized as she approaches her mid-40's, the chip on her shoulder has a mind of its own. It doesn't help that her husband Aaron, played by Simon McBurney, comes off as a homosexual simply for being unconventional, most notably his sensitivity and fashion sense.
Christine mentions that he is gay at every possible opportunity, which Franny rails against. Eventually she tells Todd that Christine is merely projecting her dissatisfaction with her own marriage onto another to temper her own denial. Later on, Christine asks her son if her shoes are too "clunky," to which he merely shrugs. "Good boy," she says and smiles, as if his having no opinion on shoes means he is, indeed, a boy. Meanwhile, Jane matter-of-factly tells Aaron that the time she realized that all shampoos "had the same shit in them" was when she married him, with neither realizing her latent rage.
It is these kind of little nuances that make this film so engaging and original - and a missed opportunity at the Oscars.
Every nook and cranny of "Friends With Money" is downright beautiful in its honesty about human nature. It morals are not derived from its many storylines, which may or may not resolve themselves by the end. Instead, they come in the realization that, like it or not, this is how we all are. Imperfect. Talking behind each others' backs. Unable to cope. Keeping secrets from those we supposedly love and care about. Anyone who can accept this part of themselves will find in "Friends With Money" a basic thesis for life itself.
Indeed, as Olivia puts it, "I got problems."
Description of Friends with Money
Explores the long friendship between a group of adult women and the changes in their relationships that occur as their financial situations fluctuate.Genre: Feature Film-Comedy
Rating: R
Release Date: 6-NOV-2007
Media Type: DVD
With her third feature, Friends With Money, writer-director Nicole Holofcener continues to develop one of the most distinctive voices in American independent filmmaking. While not as purely satisfying as her previous films Walking and Talking and Lovely and Amazing, Holofcener's third feature is admirably ambitious in establishing a diverse and dynamic range of relationships among long-time girlfriends, their spouses (for better and worse), and the way in which money (or lack of it) affects them all. The have-not of the group is Olivia (Jennifer Aniston), a teacher-turned pot-smoking housecleaner in the upscale neighborhoods of West Los Angeles. She's drifting, uncertain of her future both professionally and romantically, while her friends Franny (Joan Cusack), Christine (Catherine Keener), and Jane (Frances McDormand) cope with the relatively enviable problems of wealthy discontentment. They've all got personal crises to resolve, and while Olivia juggles the affections of a likable louse (Scott Caan) and a lonely slob who's secretly rich (Bob Stephenson), Holofcener taps a rich vein of humor and melancholy as these women go about their daily routines, attending benefits, chatting over meals, and doting over Olivia as the "needy one" in their closed circle of friendships. All of this is richly observed and wonderfully acted (with male costars played by Greg Germann, Jason Isaacs, and Simon McBurney), but reaction to Friends With Money is strictly a matter of personal taste. Holofcener isn't telling a story so much as examining lives in various states of disarray, and she offers no false comforts or simple resolutions. Like life, Friends With Money just continues on its way, with some friends happier than others. There's plenty of truth to be found, if you know where to look.--Jeff Shannon
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