Caught Jennifer Aniston's and Joan Cusack's "Friends with Money" on Saturday... it proved to be a subject of some serious-contemplation. Basically the narrative revolves around a foursome of girlfriends that have been best buds since the ancient years, but now on the brink of middle-age find their lives completely divergent.
Olivia (Aniston) is a single, weed-loving maid who's attracted to jerks. Franny (Cusack) has struck it rich with a seemingly perfect marriage and thinks having money gives her the right to criticise her friends' choices. Christine (a surprisingly good looking Catherine Keener)is a to-be divorcee and my personal favourite: Jane (a brilliante performace by Frances McDormand) is a depressed, successful fashion designer married to an awesome guy who could-be gay and is pissed-off at the entire 'freaking world and refuses to wash her hair.
The movie on the overall was quirky with its lack of a definitive plot and had none of the problem-resolution hollywood drama. But it seriously got me thinking. Just like Franny wonders if she met the girls now would they all have still been friends, it got me wondering about how our lives are all about to change and take us down such different paths.
In university, under our parents thumbs, we all lead such similar lives but in a matter of years all this will be the distant past. As age takes its toll, children pop out, husbands drill in and life does it normal hoo-ha, will we be able to maintain these friendships we built over so many many years? Or like the girls, will the love exist but resentment seed beneath at certain peeople's successes and our personal failures? Or will it all just fade away into a distant childhood memory?
Sometimes I seriously wish I could just freeze time but then again I equally anticipate what is to come.. Ambivalence, almbivalence, ambivalence.
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Frances McDormand was my favourite too...She was brilliant! She has soo much courage marrying a gay man!
firstly, the movie is not aniston and cusack's, it's nicole holofcener's! she wrote and directed it. she's brilliant, and the movie's brilliant because of her, primarily. (the actresses were amazing too, but you gotta credit nicole on this one.) after seeing this, i was so blown away that i just rented her second movie, "lovely and amazing". it is, well, as the title says. although the title refers to something else... something wonderful that i will let you all find out when you watch it.
secondly, the point was not that frances' character was "willing" to marry a gay guy - but rather that they obsessed over whether he was or wasn't when in fact it REALLY DIDN'T MATTER. watch the commentary with frances herself... she explains it brilliantly...
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