Friends with Money Page #8

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


...was incredibly wealthy,

and I inherited all his money.

I don't need to work.

So I don't.

Well, that's-- I mean, that's great.

Good for you.

I just can't take the in-laws

anymore, Richard.

They're wearing down my nerves.

Well, what do you think

it's like for me?

Your sister

with those spaghetti dishes.

I thought you liked

the way my sister cooked.

She....

You okay, Miss Christine?

So I was thinking, like,

a nice armoire over there.

-Oh, yeah.

-You know?

I like those.

And maybe some new curtains.

I always--

I always wanted to get this...

-...but I just don't know where to go.

-Oh, I know where to go.

-Really?

-Yeah.

-So you'll help me?

-Oh, yeah.

-That would be great.

-Yeah. No, there's....

Hey, can l--?

Can I ask you something?

You know,

remember when we first met?

And you bargained down my price?

Yeah?

Why would you do that?

I mean, when you have

a lot of money.

I'm sorry.

That's....

I just....

l-- I guess I have some issues.

You do?

l-- You know,

people sort of problems.

I have them.

That's okay.

I got problems.

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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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