This past weekend I went to the movies a few times, you know, a typical weekend. Two of the movies I saw dealt with relationships. Not the romantic kind of relationships, although there is a little bit of that as well. Marriage and money are the topics of the day. The two movies take different tracks when dealing with them, although, in the end the results are similar.
The first movie is Friends with Money. It stars Jennifer Aniston as a former teacher who has taken to working as a maid to meet ends meet. As we follow her through the movie, she scraps for each dollar she can get, as well as raiding cosmetics counters for samples. She is one member in a circle of friends, all of the rest of which are much further along the money chain.
Examined in the film is the way money can affect your relationships with others, be they friend or spouse. The movie doesn’t completely succeed, as the characters never really seem to take off, and many of the scenes are more like skits. However, they come together to paint a portrait of a woman struggling to keep her life together as she finds her way, while her well to do friends “struggle” with having so much money, and the marital problems that crop up.
The other movie is decidedly more light hearted, but has similar themes of a married couple with some money, and a friend who has nothing. Like in Friends with Money, the person lacking money becomes a point of conflict for those with money. This one is You, Me, and Dupree.
In this one a lovable schlub, played aptly by Owen Wilson, moves in with his best friend and his wife shortly after their marriage. At first, his arrival is nothing more than a slight annoyance, but the longer it goes on; it creates a rift between the young couple. Initially, Dupree, yes the Dupree of the title, is oblivious of his affect, but it later awakens him to find a focus for his life.
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