Link: Friends With Money (2006) - Spout.
I saw this film for the second time this weekend as part of the Spirit Awards. Friends With Money has been nominated under the category of Best Screenplay for Nicole Holofcener's work as writer/director.
I gotta say, I enjoyed this film a lot more the second time around. Maybe it's because I didn't have to stay as focused to the plot and could pay lots of attention to the dialogue. Maybe it's the company I kept during this screening.
The first time around, I saw this film at its premiere at Sundance 2006 with a group of 20-somethings. This time around I saw it with my wife. Although I won't divulge the age spread there, suffice to say that I think a more mature audience will appreciate Ms. Holofcener's work...our at least people who have been in a relationship for a while...years. What is portrayed in this film are subtleties. Quite often the most important things to be said aren't spoken.
Although I'm not a huge fan of Jennifer Aniston, the cast of Frinds With Money includes: Francis McDormand, Joan Cusack, Catherine Keener, and Jason Isaacs (who I met on the streets of Park City one VERY cold evening). How can't you enjoy a film with that list?
Final analysis: Friends With Money is not a revelation in either film making or how it depicts marriage and friendship. It is more of a comfortable recognition of what you know or already suspect about relationships - a second coming of age exists somewhere between 35 and 45...and we all ask the same questions (regardless of class).
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