Friends with Money Page #6

Synopsis: Four women friends: three are wealthy and married plus there's Olivia, a former teacher who's now a maid. The marriages are in various states of health: Franny and Matt are happy and very rich. Christine and David write screenplays together, are remodeling their house, and argue. Jane is angry all the time and Aaron, who's an attentive husband, strikes everyone as gay. Franny sets up Olivia with a friend of hers, Mike, a personal trainer, and Olivia takes him with her to a couple of housecleaning jobs. A benefit dinner for ALS, an awkward guy named Marty whose place Olivia cleans, and a French maid's outfit figure in the story. Is there more to life than its problems?
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Director(s): Nicole Holofcener
  2 wins & 2 nominations.
 
IMDB:
5.8
Metacritic:
68
R
Year:
2006
88 min
1,533 Views


And some are trickier.

And sometimes you do

the wrong thing...

...before you know

you're doing the wrong thing.

Want some?

These are cute.

Like what?

Oh, I don't know.

Okay, say you're taking a test,

and you don't know the answer.

So you look at the guy's paper sitting

next to you, and you copy his answer.

-That's bad, right?

-Right. You should not do that.

But while you're doing it,

you're thinking to yourself:

"Well, this doesn't hurt anybody,

what difference does it make?"

Well, it does make a difference

because those little things add up.

So, Wyatt,

what you should understand--

There are a lot of injustices,

a lot of things aren't fair.

When people make it worse

by doing the wrong things...

...like taking your parking space...

...or cutting in front of you

in line at a store...

...and then they're just

making the world an uglier place.

I figured out why Christine

always thinks Aaron is gay.

Because she wants someone else to

have as bad a marriage as she does.

And then she just gets mad

because she thinks Jane's in denial.

You know,

I have no idea what you just said.

Don't you think we have enough?

A couple more.

Well, they won't know

what hit them.

Yeah, well, isn't that the point?

Hey, lookit.

-Lookit.

-Hey, stop-- Don't go through her stuff.

Well, she leaves it right here.

Well, it's her house. Where else

is she supposed to put it?

I don't know. Hidden somewhere.

Isn't she scared you're gonna find it?

I didn't. You did.

Did you clean those shelves?

Yeah.

I got you a Christmas present.

Hey.

You-- You missed a spot over there.

Get it.

Back here.

Yeah, back here.

Faster. Faster.

-Okay, turn it off.

-What?

Put the vacuum down.

You're done with that now.

Dust-- Dust-- Dust the trellis.

And don't-- Don't miss any spots.

It's delicate. It's very delicate.

Yeah. Yeah.

-Yes.

-Yes, what?

Yes, Mr. Mike.

Yeah. Get the lower bits.

-Don't be sloppy. They're delicate--

-All right, you know what?

I thought this maid's thing

was about sex.

-It will be.

-When?

I'll be right back.

Well, what the f*** did you think?

That somehow we could all

just see through it?

Excuse me. You guys have to stop,

okay? You have to stop working.

Guys, you have to stop, okay?

You have--

Everybody, the job's over, all right?

No more work. Please.

Go home. You guys can go--

Does anybody speak English?

Anyone? No work. You can

all go home. You understand?

-No work?

-No work. Exactly. No work.

-You can all go home, okay? Adis.

-Go home?

Hey, hey.

Hey, what the hell are you doing?

We have completely ruined our street.

Do you know what we've done?

Guys, go back to work, please.

-Yes.

-No. No, you have to stop. Please.

No, David. Listen.

I just came from Marla's house.

We've completely ruined her view

and everybody else's.

Our house is so f***ing huge

no one can see the sky anymore.

Are you serious?

You didn't know? Right.

Know what? That we were doing

something really, really gross?

-No, I didn't.

-What planet are you on?

Everybody in the neighborhood

is doing this.

Marla's trying to make you feel guilty.

You're the one that wanted the view.

How the f*** else would you see

the ocean from the bedroom?

Hi, Christine.

This is Melanie Charney.

You know that maid

you recommended?

I'm sure this isn't the case, I wanted

to know how well you know her...

...because, I don't know,

this is silly...

...but I'm missing

a $75 jar of face cream.

And I just can't imagine

where it went.

I mean, what kind of person

would steal someone's face cream?

Will you give me a call

when you can?

We're more than halfway through.

We're not stopping now.

-You don't care about others.

-You knew.

You just didn't want

to pay attention.

-I didn't know!

-You notice what you want.

Sh*t!

I'm going out for a while.

"You all right?

Did you burn yourself?"

What are you talking about?

Nothing. I just burned

the f*** out of my hand...

...and I politely asked myself

if I was all right.

It's something you seem

to be incapable of doing.

-What?

-I just burned my hand.

-Did you notice?

-I don't-- I don't know. Yes, I guess so.

Does it ever occur to you to say,

"Are you all right?"

-You are all right.

-But does it ever occur to you to ask?

If you're all right,

which you clearly are...

...then what the f***

is the difference?

If you want me to know you're all right,

why don't you tell me?

Okay. So say I scrape

the f*** out of my arm.

And I yell:

And you don't say anything.

I should say,

"Don't worry, honey, I'm all right."

Yes. What's wrong with that?

So I'll speak to you soon.

I had a good time.

I thought we were gonna go

to dinner or something.

I can't. I can't. I wish I could.

I already have a plan for dinner.

I'm sorry.

Thanks for my present.

We-- We almost forgot.

My cut.

You really want this money?

I helped.

You're a f***.

You just will. People do.

But how? I can't even imagine.

Does one of us move out?

-Him or me?

-Him.

I can't believe I'm talking about this.

I'm sorry, Aaron,

you can have your wife back.

I just-- I should go anyway.

Just take your time.

Hi, my name is Olivia...

...and I am the lady

that cleans your house.

And I'm calling to say...

...that I'm not going to be able

to come to work anymore.

Actually, I got another job.

I'm.... So I'm very sorry.

Hey, it's Marty.

Leave a message after the beep.

All right.

Hi, this is Olivia.

I'm the lady that cleans your house...

...and I'm calling to say

that I'm not gonna be able to--

Hey.

Oh, hi. You're there.

-Yeah.

-I'm calling to tell you...

...that I'm not gonna be able

to do it anymore.

Well, how come?

Be-- Well....

Because I just....

-Well, actually, I got a job.

-What is it?

In cosmetics.

Yeah.

Hey, what do you do?

I am presently not employed

at the moment.

Well, what did you do?

A little bit of everything.

A lot of nothing.

Do you wanna go out sometime?

Sure.

Good.

-Pretty good, huh?

-That's very nice.

-Very pretty.

-God.

Is this too dressy

for homeless people?

ALS, ALS.

Why do I keep forgetting that?

Oh, wow, this is soft.

When did you start working

with this fabric?

-It gets little holes in it, though.

-Really?

I'm kind of afraid to move.

It looks cuter

when it gets little holes.

Jesus, not when you're paying

800 bucks for it.

Well, you're not paying for it.

-I didn't mean anything by that.

-It's okay.

I know it's overpriced,

but it has to be.

-I'm paying for mine.

-Shut up.

-I will.

-Just shut up.

-Why shouldn't I?

-Because it's a gift.

-Thank you.

-You're welcome.

-All right.

-Thank you.

I don't know about that.

-I know.

-This?

Take it off.

Take it off, take it off.

Oh, thank you so much.

l-- It's just a little runny.

Oh, sorry. I'll make it again.

You should not apologize.

He should be apologizing.

You should've order them

over-medium, honey.

No, then they come back dry.

Always. Especially here.

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Nicole Holofcener

Nicole Holofcener is an American film and television director and screenwriter. She has directed five feature films, including Friends with Money and Enough Said as well as various television series. more…

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