Born rich

This documentary is the first film by Johnson & Johnson heir Jamie Johnson, in which he attempts to explore his life, and the lives of his peers as the inheritors of wealth. I am giving it three stars because it has some technical issues, it is rough in places and it feels like it’s just one step above amateur … which is all fine, because it’s a film made by a young crew who are rough, who have issues and who are amateurs. It also has the effect of showing it’s subjects, the children of the wealthy as being mostly normal people, in that they have many of the same hang ups, issues with family expectations, and questions about who am I? What am I?.... just they have a lot of money. At the very heart of this film is a young man who is trying to unravel what it means to have all this money, and to not have to work….. but I hope that he continues to work, at least at film making, and maybe in the coming years he could turn this project into his version of the great 7 UP films and follow his friends through their lives and see if they answer the questions that they were wrestling with in this film, to see what they end up doing with their lives, and what happens when it comes time for them to deal with their own kids inheriting their wealth.