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Title: Friends with Money (2006)
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Catherine Keener | ... | Christine | |
| Jason Isaacs | ... | David | |
| Timm Sharp | ... | Richard | |
| Joan Cusack | ... | Franny | |
| Greg Germann | ... | Matt | |
| Hailey Noelle Johnson | ... | Tammy | |
| Simon McBurney | ... | Aaron | |
| Frances McDormand | ... | Jane | |
| Jake Cherry | ... | Wyatt | |
| Jennifer Aniston | ... | Olivia | |
| Bob Stephenson | ... | Marty | |
| Marin Hinkle | ... | Maya | |
| Scott Caan | ... | Mike | |
| Troy Ruptash | ... | Brad | |
| Elizabeth Keener | ... | Lancome Saleswoman | |
Four women friends: three are wealthy and married plus there's Olivia, a former teacher who's now a maid. The marriages are in various states of health: Franny and Matt are happy and very rich. Christine and David write screenplays together, are remodeling their house, and argue. Jane is angry all the time and Aaron, who's an attentive husband, strikes everyone as gay. Franny sets up Olivia with a friend of hers, Mike, a personal trainer, and Olivia takes him with her to a couple of housecleaning jobs. A benefit dinner for ALS, an awkward guy named Marty whose place Olivia cleans, and a French maid's outfit figure in the story. Is there more to life than its problems? Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>
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I would watch it weekly without fail. The characters are 3D, their lives interesting, the dialog graceful and funny...so why was I so disappointed by and frustrated with this movie? Because there just needed to be more. The short running time compacts all the problems and situations down to bare essentials, and there is too much going on for this film to skim across the surface the way it does. I guess the point is to show us a snapshot of these people at a very specific point in their lives, and then move on. The more-than-able cast certainly helps--particularly Frances McDormand, who can do more with just her eyes and mouth than most actors can with a page of script (just watch the way she looks at everything around her--especially other people). And while I am a huge fan of 70s-style non-endings, I admit that this movie's abrupt stop (after a very convenient and pat wrap-up) left me with an "Eh" kind of feeling. While it is certainly watchable and interesting AS FAR AS IT GOES, this movie is no "Walking and Talking." Have you seen that movie? "W and T" is absolutely brilliant, another small portrait of long-time female friends, but because it narrows its scope to two characters in a particular situation (one's wedding), it achieves all the depth and poignancy and hilarity that "Friends with Money" lacks. If "F w/ M" were a TV series, if it fully explored the characters' lives and situations in some depth and detail, I'd be its #1 fan. Maybe the DVD will include deleted scenes (say about 40 or 50) and the movie will finally feel complete.