Friends With Money

Jocelyn 2022-02-27 08:02:23

This film is not like the friends in Friends who are carefree all day without work, as if all life is purely funny and happy; although this film is also a story of four women, I think it is better than sex and the city ​​is closer to ordinary life. The life of the 4 women in satc is too glamorous, and there are too many elements of love, and the real life is obviously not only composed of relationships; I think this movie is a bit close to DH, although it is not The little suspense that keeps appearing in DH, and the characters are not as dramatic as in DH; this is a film that can be watched with bursts of laughter, again, the laughter is mostly helpless black humor. . . A frighteningly real film, how much we can see ourselves in it.

Maybe it was my first impression from the title of the film, Rich Friends, so they should all be rich masters. So at the beginning, when Olivia was cleaning up the house, I naively thought it was a housewife's routine cleaning, so I wondered why the director gave so many scenes of the drawer being opened and closed by the owner. It was only after the foreshadowing was solved that I understood. This is just a part-time job, and cosmetics are all cheeky samples that customers who know the product go to the counter to pick up. This is a part-time worker who loves face, "I don't smoke my employer's cigarettes, I smoke my own." This is a part-time worker with a group of rich friends, who just cautiously said in front of her, "There is nothing indecent to be a maid. . . " Trying to find ways to help, give money directly? Hire her? Introduce her to a boyfriend? Help her pay for career counseling figure out what she is suitable for? In fact, no one can help, and it is a blessing to be able to maintain the friendship that was cultivated before. The richest Franny also admitted that if he met Olivia now, they probably wouldn't be friends. This is the only part-time worker who is still single in a circle of friends, and he can only make harassing calls to the only one-night-stand-lover every now and then; the fitness instructor who was introduced by a friend who does not rely on shops, left it on the first date She went to another table to chat with her first love, and every time she went to clean, she claimed that she helped and asked for part of the payment. . . But it is such a bastard man, Olivia has always been by his side. Every time I saw him take this man to work, I would scold in my heart, "This woman is so useless!" But come to think of it, when a person becomes dessperate and thirsty to a certain extent in middle age, Will people be cheap to the top? Then she just needs a man, and it looks like SHE paid for the not so wonderful sex. But in the end, it was because she kindly agreed to clean a bachelor's filthy apartment at a low price and hanged a golden tortoise. Although the bachelor is not a "prince", at least he is a rich man who is well-kept. It seems that she can make her food and clothing poor in the future. But I still feel that the screenwriter suddenly told the audience at the end of the bachelor's financial resources is somewhat deliberate and far-fetched, anyway, it is everyone's good wish.

Christine started out happy, at least it seemed. Together with my husband, I plan to build a dream house on the second floor, and I am always happy when I look forward to a more beautiful home in the future. It's just that the "illegal construction" has not been completed, and the two have parted ways. The marriage problems of these two people can be attributed to the contradiction between typical male thinking and female thinking. Men are a bit self-centered and take everything for granted; women think too much and can't make small things let go. . . Therefore, in the film, you will see classic husband and wife battles, such as: "You don't even ask when I'm hot," and "I know why you still ask when you have nothing to do". . . Their ending freezes when Christine stares at the empty workbench opposite. . . After knocking down her leg and screaming, the maid immediately asked her if she was OK? ~ ~ Well, this arrangement is a bit interesting. . .

According to reason, Jane should be the kind that everyone seems to live well. She is a well-known fashion designer, her husband also has his own company, and her son is smart and cute. But this 43-year-old woman is angry all the time. She's really mad at everything. She feels that the whole world is against her. . . So she always said that she was just tired, what did she do so tired? Nothing... Many times, we are in this state too. It's just not like she's so angry that she thinks washing her hair is just useless work, it's not like she's so tired of the world that she thinks she has no other hope than waiting for death~~ But one day, will it become like this? I'm a little worried, because now, I can feel most of Jane's feelings~~

As for franny, I can't empathize with a woman who is rich and happy to her level. It can only be said that this is a rich man who has not completely separated from the crowd. From her crazy idea of ​​hiring Olivia to clean up, it is enough to see how eager she is to help this down-and-out friend. At the same time, it can be seen that this is a woman who is used to being carefree at home without thinking, so the brain part is underdeveloped. The screenwriter said her life was perfect, everything looked good, but I believe that everyone has troubles and perverted places.

Just like the dialogue between Olivia and the beetle at the end, "I, um, I guess I have some issues. You know, people sort of, problems. I have them." "I have problems too..." There is no perfect life in this world~ ~Just like, realistic stories never have happy ever after pretending to be happy...

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Friends with Money quotes

  • Olivia: I'm a... maid. What?

    Mike: You're... you're really a maid?

    Olivia: Yeah.

    Mike: Can I... watch?

  • Marty: I, um, I guess I have some issues.

    Olivia: You do?

    Marty: You know, people sort of, problems. I have them.