Friends with Money (2006)

Regisseur:

Nicole Holofcener

Drehbuchautor (WGA):

Nicole Holofcener (written by)

Premierendatum:

7. April 2006 (Canada)

Genre:

Drama | Romanze

Plot:

A drama about three married women, their husbands, and their lone single friend. |

Plot Keywords:

Dating | Male Female Relationship | Nervous Breakdown | Cannabis | Teacher

Filmpreise:

2 wins & 1 nomination

Nutzerkommentare:

Woody Allen in slow-mo, but McDormand shines

Besetzung

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

Alternativ:

Freunde mit Geld (Deutschland) [de]

MPAA:

Rated R for language, some sexual content and brief drug use.

Länge:

88 Min

Produktionsland:

USA

Sprache:

Englisch

Farbe:

Farbe

Seitenverhältnis:

2.35 : 1

Tonverfahren:

Dolby Digital

Altersfreigabe:

Finland:K-11 | Argentina:13 | Ireland:15A | Sweden:Btl | USA:R (certificate #42071) | Germany:o.Al. | Brazil:14 | Australia:M | UK:15 | South Korea:15 | Canada:14A (Ontario) | France:U | Singapore:M18 | USA:R | South Africa:13LS

Drehorte:

855 S. Serrano Street, Koreatown, Los Angeles, California, USA

Firma:

This Is That Productions

Dies und das:

Nicole Holofcener wrote Catherine Keeners role especially for the actress, and gave the script to her before anyone else. Keener assisted in attracting other actors to the project.

Pannen:

Crew oder Equipment sichtbar: When Olivia follows Mike into a restaurant, clearly visible behind her is a Grip/Gaffer Flag on a stand blocking light in front of the window. The flag is noticeable in two shots and disappears in one.

Dialogzitate:

[first lines]
Richard: So the corrugated metal not only reflects the beauty of the common, off-the-shelf material but also emphasizes the invisible line between the old and the new construction.
Christine: Wait. There'll be a line?
Richard: It's invisible.
David: Just let him finish.
Christine: Oh, sorry.

Bezüge zu anderen Titeln:

Verweist auf/spielt an auf/erwähnt "SpongeBob SquarePants" (1999)

Soundtrack:

Jingle Bells

Woody Allen in slow-mo, but McDormand shines

"Friends with Money" is Americana the sit-com way: it is about older, (much) more monied, West Coast clones of TV's loathsome "Friends." Although it appears a slow-mo imitation of Woody Allen at his talkiest, the film does well. The reason: a quartet of actresses having a ball.

Nicole Holofcener's script and direction are merely OK: a medium-funny, not very insightful soap about three couples and a single woman (Jennifer Anniston), who is younger than her six friends, jobless, aimless, sloppy and rather annoying. Of the three husbands, only Simon McBurney is outstanding, but he really is, the English actor turning in a wonderful performance as a super-nice metrosexual.

Anniston does her best, which here works better than in any of her other roles. But "Friends with Money" is worth seeing because of - in order - Frances McDormand's huge star turn, with her unsuppressed rage turning into petty, ordinary rudeness; Catherine Keener, sleepwalking through affluence; and Joan Cusack, as a nice mega-rich woman without guilt or troubling thoughts.

The pace is glacial and steady; after a while, the film settles into a pleasant, moderately quirky flow, until a sudden and inconclusive end. Through it all, performances are to be enjoyed, and in McDormand's case, treasured. Never again will you be able go without washing your hair and not think of Frances McDormand.