Friends With Money (DVD)

Advantages: Well played, cast and written
Disadvantages: Reviewed as bad by others!

...to make ends meet. Friends with Money seems to be being presented to the world as a chick flick - our DVD box is pink... This is probably cos it's got Jennifer Aniston in it. It did win a Women's film prize for the Director but I feel it has more to offer than to be written off as another girlie film. There are some truly amusing parts to the film and how well it is crafted was not obvious to me on the first viewing - being a boy I am perhaps a ...
...and Simon McBurney being my favourites however I think different people will have different characters that they relate to/like better than others, there is a good range from which to choose. Joan Cusack and Catherine Keeler do well as do Jason Isaacs and Greg Germann - all faces you will know from elsewhere. The more minor characters are well cast, particularly the Marty. I see this as an ensemble piece with a good actors and performances, well ... Read review

Advantages: Big Stars
Disadvantages: Plot

Friends with Money is a 2006 romantic film released in the United Kingdom on May 26th 2006. The film was written and directed by Nicole Holofcener and stars Jennifer Anniston. Running time of the movie is eighty eight minutes. Olivia is a single woman who is working hard as a maid in Los Angeles to scrape by on little income. Her three friends (and their husbands) , however are mega-rich ; the total opposite of Olivia , although each friend has their ...
...friends ; three rich , one poor , and you get an insight into their lives. That's all there is to the plot really. Although there are only seven main characters in this film, I found that I couldn't connect with any of them. It had nothing to do with the fact that they were upper-class , just that as a viewer I don't think we had a chance to really get to know the characters as well as we could of , and this resulted in me not really caring about ... Read review

I find the movie not satisfactory because the people who act in the movie have been in other movies aswell ( princibal from school of rock ) or ( Rachel from friends ) I find this movie boring, and a waste of time

Advantages: Thought Provoking and Amusing in parts
Disadvantages: Boring and Drawn Out in some scenes

Friends with Money is about the relationship between four women who have been friends for years and as they enter their 30's and 40's their friendship is challenged by their individual degree of financial comfort. The film mainly centres around the character Olivia (Jennifer Aniston) who seems unable to make a living or maintain a successful relationship and her three closest friends who seem to have everything but consequently by examining Olivia's ...
...chick flick". I found Friends with Money easy to watch if a little tedious in parts, however on the whole I would say it is worth watching if only for an insite into the insecurities and problems faced by what I would imagine to be every human being. This film will make you laugh and cry and will also make you consider the issues it brings up. Definately a film to watch with the girls though as my boyfriend found it boring (apart from him fancying ... Read review

Advantages: It has everything, romance, comedy,drama all of it!
Disadvantages: The ending is a bit rubbish but it is still amazing

...Ok so friends has been out for a very long time but seen as there was no review on it i thought i would post a very quick one to say i love friends i think its amazing. It has to be one of the best if not the best sit-com ever written! If you have never seen it get checking it out! You'll love it! It has everything you could ever want from a tv show! You will laugh and cry be happy, sad and surprised at some of the things that happen! The characters are all so amazing and everyone can relate to at least one of them! I love friends and its really worth the money having all 10 seasons on dvd! It means you can watch them time and time again! I hope you all enjoy it as much as i do :)... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average not helpful

Advantages: Good acting, good narrative
Disadvantages: Bad ending

...My friends and I recently went to see this film and i must say we thoroughly enjoyed it. However there is one popular annoyance between us, the ending. Of course i am not going to tell you guys the ending and spoil it for you but i will just say the following - if you expect to see a serious action/drama film, don't waste your money going to the cinema, if you still want to see it in the future watch it on television or if a friend or relative have the DVD go round a watch it. Clearly this is all in my opinion, i believe the film is well directed and produced and has a great narrative, but to me the ending goes against the films generic genre and in a way makes the film appear less serious.... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average somewhat helpful

Advantages: Excellent animation, Fantastic Characters, Great story !
Disadvantages: none (Unless you include watching again and again and again !!)

...a world famous race car and only wants to get out of Radiator Springs and back to the Piston cup race. However he ends up making plenty of new friends in Radiator Springs and learns a lot of valuable lessons along the way, before returning to the world of racing. The DVD is good value for money - can be picked up easily for £10 or less. There are also bonus bits with Mater and funny Pixar 'shorts' The weird "One Man Band" short animation is excellent, but none of the other extras worth mentioning really. I enjoyed watching this film with my boy, even if they are cars there are great voices and like-able characters. They are all fantastically done, not just the famous Lightning McQueen. Favorites include Mater the goofy tow-truck, and the wise old car Doc Hudson who is not what he first seems. There are plenty of catchy lines in... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average helpful