Title: Born Rich
Country: United States of America
Language: English
Year: 2003
Cast:
- Ivanka Trump
- Georgina Bloomberg
- S.I. Newhouse IV
- Luke Weil
- Cody Franchetti
- Stephanie Ercklentz
- Josiah Hornblower
- Carlo von Zeitschel
- Christina Floyd
- Juliet Hartford
- Jamie Johnson
SYNOPSIS
A documentary on children of the insanely rich, directed by one of their own, Johnson & Johnson heir Jamie Johnson. It consists primarily of Johnson interviewing his friends and peers about the experience of living life free of financial constraints. These interviews are offset by Johnson's exploration of his own experience and family.
REVIEW
Born Rich is a very interesting documentary about very wealthy people whose respective families earned their wealth in very different ways and about how they grew up with certain privileges. It's also about how these people deal with the knowledge that they have more money than the average person and how they don't really need to work for a living.
It's somewhat disappointing to find several people in the film act very much entitled even though they really did not do anything to earn their respective families' wealth. It's sad that they talk about doing drugs at such a young age so nonchalantly. It's irritating how proud they are of the fact that they have the resources to go to good colleges but waste the opportunity by not studying hard and by not attending classes.
But there are some individuals in the documentary who are obviously trying to make better choices in their lives. I think these people who choose to still work and to contribute something to the society are testament to the fact that there are a wide range of options available to people and you can always make the right choices.
Given their certain privileges, it's obvious that more is expected from them and there's more pressure for them to become 'somebody'. But honestly, when you remove all the trappings of wealth and famous family names, these people are just like the average person their age who are trying to make sense of their purpose in life.
Related:
The One Percent
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Born Rich
