Review of Friends with Money (2006) by Arnoldp. — 23 Apr 2006
I often value and take into account what the critics write but in the case of this film someone missed something. Wonderful ensemble acting, McDormand did create more than a one dimensional character while Aniston in a wildly challenging role only seemed to re-enforce a dullard, poorly porteayed, who like most of the other characters, were too one dimensional.
The portrayal of supposedly gay husbands was a joke with no insight or reality. What couples could be so unconscious? Why were these people even friends? One liners and some clever dialogue did not create what could have been a biting satire of manners and money.
The question again, why so much praise for so little insight, so little reality. I guess we are hungry for intelligent cinema, which here was a veneer, hollow, empty, creating little empathy for the lives of these sad souls.
This review of Friends with Money (2006) was written by Arnoldp. on 23 Apr 2006.
Friends with Money has generally received mixed reviews.
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