Jelena Ristic

What a movie. It really makes you think. The characters are true to themselves, the plot is justifiably unresolved and it all just works. The scene that caught my eye was the one after the doctor told them to consider a donor egg and they start walking down the street and fighting; then you see a woman pushing a stroller with a baby right through the middle of them. Really, just a good visual representation of how this whole process of having a baby is actually driving them apart.

This movie didn't speak to me as it did to some other reviewers. I'm not bothered that it doesn't have a plot, in the traditional sense, but it comes across as unfinished. (no progression, no story to speak of, plot lines abandoned...) If the point was to show how even people with money have issues, it kind of didn't reach that point. The one couple with the most money is the happiest; the one renovating the house, well they're just unbearable on their own, the splitting had nothing to do with their finances. The Aniston character really came across as stupid or even masochistic. If the goal was that it's not people's fault that they are poor (which is true in most cases), in this case it's not like that. She kept making unreasonable decision and felt entitled; she got mad at her friend for refusing to give her money for the personal trainer course and made it look like the friend doesn't care. Then, when she offered her money for therapy (which she desperately needs), she got mad. I couldn't sympathize with her at all. Ultimately, I feel like the movie wasted my time, which is never a good feeling to leave your viewers with.

It was fun to watch. However, some parts (including Erica Mitchell's and her husband's cameo) felt like a publicity stunt for the 50 shades books. Especially as they all kept referring to it as a romance and the movie being about that book changing their lives. I mean. Four educated and smart women, with thousands of book behind them would know better. Apart from that, as I said, fun as a pastime.

I've read a lot of comments here about what different people thought the episodes were really about. I also believe that is the beauty of this kind of show and of its topic. Every will see it and experience it differently. In any case, I definitely recommend it.