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Jennifer Aniston stars in Friends With Money – the long awaited follow-up to her blockbuster television series Friends (not really). And, like an episode of Friends, the full length motion picture Friends With Money provides just about 22 minutes of entertainment.
Friends With Money is a day-in-the-life type of movie about 3 couples and their single friend (Jennifer Anniston). Jennifer’s character is an ex-teacher turned housekeeper that really has no direction and can’t seem to find the right man. Her friends, with little real relevance to the movie, flaunt their money and feel sorry for her and try to help by giving her advice and setting her up on dates. The friends are all dysfunctional in their own ways; one of the husbands is probably gay, one couple is on their way to divorce and one couple is obsessed with how to spend their money. After another failed relationship, Jennifer’s character decides to date someone who is a bit different than her normal pick. Don’t expect anything to be resolved in this movie. You never find out if the husband is gay, if the couple gets divorced, what the other couple spends their money on or even what happens in Jennifer’s character’s new relationship. The movie doesn’t really have an ending…it just stops, the theatre lights come on and the audience figures it probably time to go home.
Friends With Money is a “dark” comedy, meaning the story is pointless and the comedy is scarce. Jennifer Anniston pretty much plays a stoner version of her Friends character Rachel – which, if you like Jennifer or Rachel, is oddly intriguing. Everyone else – so not intriguing. There are a few funny moments, but mostly it’s like watching unedited reality show footage. It’s just people enduring the mundane – the challenges of marriage, the problems with money, the indecision as to what to do with your life . . . the same frustrations everyone faces. It’s a little weird, a little artsy, a little depressing, but mostly just too trite and uneventful to appeal to most.
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