This was a very interesting movie that provided an accurate insight into the lives of wealthy teenagers who inherited their families money. Most of the kids were very open and willing to give their story and talk about what they do knowing they are rich however, some are skeptical and afraid to be open about talking about their family and money. Most people associate wealth with happiness. The more money you have the happier you are. This is not true because they talk about the fear of somebpdy using them just for their money and wealth. I admire the fact that Jamie Johnson wanted to get his dad to talk about money although he always avoided it. He wanted to prevent any problems that he may encounter when he is older. It is very eye opening the fact that these kids can go without having to work a single day in their entire lives. This movie either gave you a new perspective about wealthy kids or not but it was a very well produced movie.

I expected Born Rich to be a slice of high society life, hopefully giving me some (potentially valuable) insight into the mechanics of the world of the very rich. It's not quite that, but I still watched this documentary with interest. Born Rich is basically a short catalog of faces+personalities of rich heirs talking about how they feel about being born into wealth. Most of these guys and gals are charming, fairly smart, and come off as decent. A couple are irritatingly superficial, but not on a grotesque level. Realistically, - and the creator Jaime Johnson (of Johnson & Johnson) strongly implies this in the beginning, - these people have to be relatively open and sincere to agree to participate in this film in the first place. Some of them are probably combining those qualities with the pragmatism of getting some publicity for own ends, but I personally think that digging around in motivation in order to try and measure the degree of someone's "selfishness" or "shrewdness" is, in this case, somewhat pointless, so never mind that.Josiah Hornblower (a Vanderbilt heir) was the most fascinating person to watch, since he seemed to intensely ponder and struggle over the purpose of his own life, and life in general.After you watch this, you'll want to check out an article published at MailOnline in October 2013 that looks at the heroes of the film 10 years later. It gives you more perspective on these people.Director and writer Jaime Johnson says in that article: "I would have liked to have spent more time with each subject in the film, creating a more nuanced portrait of each of their lives." I agree with his assessment in that deeper and more complex portrayals of the film's stars would have improved it.Turns out Jaime Johnson also made the documentary "The One Percent", which might have more of the stuff that I was seeking from this one. Will watch it next. As for Born Rich - it's a solid 7/10, and an interesting gallery of characters.

When I was young, I've always imaged what it would be like to be rich and what I would do with all my money. Oh, the things I would buy and have! My life would be wonderful and complete! After watching Born Rich, I'm not so sure I want that anymore. I was surprised to see that these rich kids are just as troubled, if not more, than kids who are born from poor and average income families. What happened to them? For me, the only one who was normal was the only one, who admitted to having depression, Josiah Hornblower. During his college life, his parents took him out of school due to depression. I think that was the best decision that his parents have ever made for him! By him working side by side with normal, hardworking individuals, he was able to learn to connect himself to society and actually find meaning to his life. He found out that working hard made him feel good. He describes those years as the best years of his life. He was finally able to learn what life outside of being rich was like. He is the only one who is worthy of my respect, because although he is a millionaire and does not have to work, he has a job, just making about $50,000.00/yr. That shows me that money is not who or what he is all about. He is more than just a name (Vanderbilt/Whitney), he is an average human.

I heard about this movie and have been wanting to see it for quite a while. I actually date someone who, as he puts it, is a member of 'the lucky sperm club'. He is dating outside of his social class - don't tell the rest of them! This is a very revealing and true to life account. The stories I hear about these families and their 'lucky' offspring are unbelievable. First hand I can tell you that these kids are searching for meaning and purpose almost more than the rest of us are. Many of them struggle with having that much money and how to be responsible with it. Also, many of them were raised by nannies and sent to boarding school and crave a connection with their parents who never had time for them. They don't know how to trust or love someone. Money doesn't replace any of that. Mock them, feel sorry for them, envy them - whatever you want.....but they are real people. And some of them are quietly going about living meaningful, productive lives. But don't tell anyone they are dating outside of their social class!