Review of Friends with Money (2006) by Emma C — 28 Apr 2011

I just watched this and felt it was lacking something. It was a slow start and a predictable end.

This review of Friends with Money (2006) was written by Emma C on 28 Apr 2011.

Friends with Money has generally received mixed reviews.

Was this review helpful?

Yes

More reviews of this movie:

More Reviews of Friends with Money

Review of Friends with Money (2006)

By Kirk Honeycutt (1,481) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 29 Nov 2014

A pitch-perfect ensemble comedy that burrows deep into the mind-set of white, upper middle-class Angelenos, anxious to strike the right balance…

Read Review

Review of Friends with Money (2006)

By Loner Moves . (92) on 04 May 2014

Enjoyed this for the second time. Not a huge story, and not a cute rom com as you might expect with Jennifer Anniston…

Read Review

Review of Friends with Money (2006)

By Ann T (34) on 01 Dec 2018

Unusually good character development. Great cast…

Read Review

Review of Friends with Money (2006)

By Lisa Schwarzbaum (1,672) for Entertainment Weekly (6,953) on 19 Dec 2012

There is also a manufactured symmetry, an every-gal's-got-issues roundness, an HBO sitcomitude to the movie that undercuts its own observational…

Read Review

Review of Friends with Money (2006)

By Tyler D (391) on 14 Jan 2013

This is a movie of much promise (given the quality of the cast) but little resolution…

Read Review

Review of Friends with Money (2006)

By Shalana G (1) on 04 May 2014

Enjoyed this for the second time. Not a huge story, and not a cute rom com as you might expect with Jennifer Anniston…

Read Review

Review of Friends with Money (2006)

By Mel C (118) on 21 Apr 2013

Other one of Jennifer movies I love this as well more drama comedy but still has funny moments…

Read Review

Review of Friends with Money (2006)

By Claudette A (661) on 01 Feb 2013

This wasn't a really interesting movie. I don't know what the point of it was…

Read Review

Review of Friends with Money (2006)

By Paula Nechak (219) for Seattle Post-Intelligencer (2,422) on 14 Jun 2014

While most of the film is well-written and acted, there are some difficulties. Aniston's Olivia is hard to figure…

Read Review

Review of Friends with Money (2006)

By Tara Thorne (211) for The Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia) (715) on 10 Jul 2016

Nicole Holofcener is a humanist. When people say, It's a movie about real life, they're talking about movies like hers…

Read Review

More reviews of this movie

Reviews of Similar Movies

Review of Breaking Up (1997)

By P B (957) on 10 Nov 2007

It doesen't help that Crowe is in it. It still sucks…

Read Review

Review of Back to the Beach (1987)

By Rodney E (723) on 20 Mar 2013

Crap that I liked as a kid. Features Frankie and Annette all old and trying to cash in on nostalgic value for the 80's…

Read Review

Review of The Anniversary Party (2001)

By David Edelstein (2,124) for Slate (2,081) on 03 Feb 2010

I had a hard time maintaining interest in (let along liking) any of these self-involved Hollywood twerps, and scene after scene is a grating…

Read Review

Review of Dudes (1987)

By Jennifer A (577) on 25 Jul 2009

Exhibit A on why the Punk Western hasn't exploded as a sub-genre…

Read Review

Review of Prison Song (2001)

By Jezzy A (438) on 30 Mar 2008

I've seen this movie being shown on the BET channel so many times. I actually, didn't care for it to much, but it does have its good moments…

Read Review

Review of Killer Diller (2004)

By Antonio Z (48) on 02 Jul 2007

A musician who is supposed to mend his ways ends up changing the habits of a group of fellow inmates…

Read Review

Review of The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things (2004)

By Bob Strauss (787) for Los Angeles Daily News (1,272) on 24 Mar 2006

I don't know if the movie follows the book closely, but if it does, you kind of have to wonder how Leroy or Albert or whoever it was made such…

Read Review

Review of Effi Briest (2009)

By Marcus W (1,161) on 21 May 2016

Gave up half way through, definitely not one of Fassbinder's best works…

Read Review

Review of Electric Shadows (2005)

By Alexander C (2,448) on 21 Sep 2012

Chinese cinema paradiso? not quite. it has fhe same awesome formula but executed poorly with rather predictable plot. still a great entertainment tho…

Read Review

Review of According to Greta (2009)

By Adrian B (1,364) on 15 Apr 2013

Coming of age drama that I'm sure Hilary Duff fans will. As a neutral it's only average…

Read Review

More Reviews

Popular Movies Right Now

Joker

2019

81%299 Reviews

John Wick: Chapter 4

2023

78%170 Reviews

The Platform

2019

70%94 Reviews

Ford v Ferrari

2019

81%171 Reviews

Interstellar

2014

83%1,261 Reviews

Ghostbusters: Afterlife

2021

66%228 Reviews

No Hard Feelings

2023

65%90 Reviews

Upgrade

2018

76%696 Reviews

Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood

2019

81%344 Reviews

Bullet Train

2022

66%170 Reviews

Movies You Viewed Recently

Friends with Money

2006

54%619 Reviews

Zero Dark Thirty

2012

77%878 Reviews

Blade Runner 2049

2017

80%2,332 Reviews

Valentine's Day

2010

49%765 Reviews

Final Analysis

1992

53%184 Reviews

A Single Shot

2013

52%93 Reviews

Scream 3

2000

57%796 Reviews

A Troll in Central Park

1994

41%253 Reviews

Iron Man

1951

76%941 Reviews

Hardball

2001

58%396 Reviews