Friends With Money isn't an action film, it has no real surprises, and generally has a very subtle plot. But what it does has is heart.

| Original Score: B+ | Sep 12, 2017

This delicious, seriocomic tale of four friends in affluent, liberal, west L.A. grappling with midlife crises, metrosexual spouses and household remodeling takes on an avoided subject: money, and how it affects our relationships.

| Nov 1, 2007

This is a dense and sophisticated work about mortality, materialism, madness, jealousy and pity a movie in which the fabulous duds are ripped off the "Sex and the City" gals and they're left teetering on the edge of the abyss...

| Oct 7, 2006

In a low-key way, it's a very fine performance. Poker-faced Aniston may be, but everything Olivia needs to say is right there in her eyes.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Sep 1, 2006

An exasperatingly awful performance from Jennifer Aniston puts the tin lid on this humourless and self-pitying ensemble comedy.

| Original Score: 1/5 | May 27, 2006

It's entertaining, with some choice performances and the laugh-out-loud quotient of a good sketch show.

| Original Score: 3/5 | May 26, 2006

As a creator of characters, Holofcener has strong instincts for emblematic situations and telling habits, yet she takes a reticent approach to development -- she observes her subjects closely, but doesn't necessarily interpret.

| May 25, 2006

It's a shame the film ends so unconvincingly, but Friends With Money is still rich in insights.

| Original Score: 4/5 | May 16, 2006

Fails to feature protagonists who boast more than a figurative purpose.

| Original Score: C+ | May 4, 2006

Holofcener builds scenes around motifs that resonate marvelously.

| Apr 21, 2006

It engages us from beginning to end without strong narrative, or narratives. It lives through the quality of Holofcener's dialogue and the performances that she has drawn from her actors.

Full Review | Apr 21, 2006

Sharply observed and cleverly written, in the end, the film is also a bit superficial, like its characters' lives.

| Apr 21, 2006

It's so effortless and pleasant to spend time with the characters (and the actresses) in Friends With Money that it seems churlish to notice that the movie adds up to nothing much.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Apr 21, 2006

It walks a middle ground between humorous perspective and dark insight. Then again, don't most of us?

| Original Score: B+ | Apr 21, 2006

Friends with Money is not a finished portrait, just a disposable snapshot of people we're less than invested in.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | Apr 21, 2006

Considering Holofcener's expanded canvas and the film's relatively short running time, it's a wonder these characters feel so fully formed (not to mention near and dear).

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Apr 21, 2006

Jennifer Aniston comes into her own with this funny and sensitive comedy about four lifelong friends.

| Apr 21, 2006

The cast is terrific, the movie isn't.

| Original Score: C | Apr 21, 2006

You could make an argument that that's how life is, unresolved, but as a film, it makes for frustrating viewing, particularly when plot threads with the potential to bust open the story are left hanging.

| Apr 20, 2006

It's a thoughtful, funny film whose especially appealing cast makes up for what it lacks in plot.

Full Review | Original Score: B | Apr 20, 2006