Watch the trailer and see what you need. Read all the bad reviews if you want to know more about how bad this movie. Jennifer Aniston, Joan Cusack, Catherine Keener, Frances McDormand and other likely regret doing this movie except for being overpaid for it. Best to skip the trailer and keep walking.
Joanne R. (Joanne) from BRISTOL, CT Reviewed on 12/26/2011...
Four friends and their respective mates are going through their own troubles and tribulations. 3 are married, one is not and has chosen to leave her career as a teacher and is currently a maid. Like Jennifer Aniston in this. Always so thrilled to see her play something that is removed from her Friends' Rachel.
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Kristy L. from CLARKESVILLE, GA Reviewed on 12/8/2010...
This is one of the worst films I've seen in a long time. I was bored twenty minutes in, but continued to watch anyway to see if it would get better, and it didn't. It has a sweet ending but the fact that she finally gets what everyone else already has was so predictable. I would only recommend this movie to die hard fans of Jennifer Aniston.
2 of 2 member(s) found this review helpful.
Rebecca C. (sweetooth) from COLCHESTER, IL Reviewed on 8/17/2010...
Just as Elvis movies are their own somewhat emabarrasing genre, so goes these Jennifer Aniston "romantic comedies". Only she doesn't sing-for which we should probably be grateful. What is the great Frances McDormand doing in this!? (She must have needed the money.)
1 of 1 member(s) found this review helpful.
Heather F. (8izenuff) from PHOENIX, AZ Reviewed on 9/12/2009...
The lives of the women intrigued me. I really didnt like Aniston's character, she was a liar, thief and drug user. I loved the ending.
0 of 3 member(s) found this review helpful.
Kay F. (TahoeGal10) from HELOTES, TX Reviewed on 9/26/2008...
Not one of Jennifers Anistons better movies, but cute.
0 of 2 member(s) found this review helpful.
Duane S. (superpoet) from FORT WORTH, TX Reviewed on 7/25/2008...
This is a very introspective movie about 3 couples and one single woman (Jennifer Aniston). One couple includes a man, who everyone else thinks is gay, and his ugly,wife. The second couple are writers, who are an angry couple. They fought before they were married, and upon the 2nd story addition to their house are fighting more vigorously. The third couple seem to have it all: millions in cash. At the end of the movie, she discovers that she can finally be happy with the jerk because he is a really good man.
1 of 2 member(s) found this review helpful.
Hilda S. from YORKTOWN, VA Reviewed on 5/4/2008...
I love Joan Cusack and Jennifer Aniston,but this movie just didn't hold my interest or entertain the way some of their other movies have.
2 of 5 member(s) found this review helpful.
Rammy M. (m5rammy) from VANDALIA, OH Reviewed on 12/27/2007...
I liked the story, but not so much the storytelling style.
Mostly people sitting around talking. (too much of a "chick flick"?)
a fun movie, worth the price ;-)
2 of 4 member(s) found this review helpful.
Movie Reviews
I Have, You Know, Issues
prisrob | New England USA | 05/15/2010
(5 out of 5 stars)
"'Friends With Money' was written and directed by Nicole Holofcener, whose two previous features were wonderful studies of women and their relationships. I came upon Nicole Holofcener because of her new film, Please Give', which is receiving wonderful reviews, and I wanted to visit all of her films. The characters in her films are so real, it is like we are peeking in through the windows.
Jennifer Aniston plays Olivia, a maid. She used to be a teacher in an exclusive school, until the kids started making fun of her. She has friends with money. Jane, played by Frances McDormand, who is an angry byotch, screams at people and is going through some sort of life change. She hasn't washed her hair in weeks, 'you just have to wash it again' she says. And, by the way, she steals every scene she is in. She designs clothes that are overpriced but just wonderful. Christine, played by Catherine Keener, writes screenplays with her husband. They have a difficult relationship to say the least. Franny, played by Joan Cusack, stays at home and is concerned about the amount of money spent on their son's shoes. All, but Olivia have husbands. Jane's husband is cute and loving but everyone thinks he is Gay, but probably isn't. Christine's husband is the screenwriter, who is less than supportive. Franny's husband seems the most normal, so we don't know much about him, except he makes a lot of money. The film really centers around Olivia, and this may be one of Jennifer Aniston's best films. She is without glamour, fresh and a pit smoking woman who has no idea who she is or where she is going. Olivia is set up by Jane with Mike a fitness instructor, and, as we soon find out, a louse. He goes with Olivia and watches her clean house and then expects some financial compensation. Then Olivia meets one of her clients, Marty. He has hired her to clean his house, and he is shy and introverted. But, somehow they strike a chord and we know something will happen. And, as it turns out, they both have, well, issues.
The author and director has given us a glimpse into her world. The world of the rich and monied. To have a friend who is a , maid, well it probably is a temporary thing and it is a much needed job, to be a maid. The lives of all of the women are involved and though they are good friends, they are all separate. A world that we can all appreciate from afar. We all wish we had money, but as we learn, money does not buy happiness.
A little appreciated film that is a winner. Highly recommended. prisrob 05-16-10