Friends with Money focuses on the self-absorbed world that is Los Angeles, and, its fine ensemble cast aside, is a silly and hollow tromp with about as much deep meaning as an episode of The Love Boat. But that's the point. We meet four friends, Olivia (Jennifer Aniston) whose broke, single and working as a maid; Franny (Joan Cusack) whose happily married and rich; Christine (Catherine Keener) whose unhappily married and oblivious to the animosity her home renovation is causing; and Jane (Frances McDormand) whose married and nasty angry all the time. While the story revolves around the rich threesome's desire to help Olivia out, the character that keeps this film interesting is Jane's husband, Aaron (Simon McBurney). If these are the people we become when we have money, please let me remain poor forevermore.
Directed by Nicole Holofcener, Friends with Money has some funny moments, and the fact you could care less about anyone in this film aside, still garners my rating of 7 out of 10.
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