Mad Money Movie
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They're having the crime of their lives...
Three female employees of the Federal Reserve plot to steal money that is about to be destroyed.
| Diane Keaton | Bridget Cardigan |
| Queen Latifah | Nina Brewster |
| Katie Holmes | Jackie Truman |
| Ted Danson | Don Cardigan |
| Roger R. Cross | Barry |
| Adam Rothenberg | Bob Truman |
| Clay Chamberlin | Waiter |
| Kip Cummings | Money Sorter |
| Dustin Estis | Administrative Tech |
| Travis Fontenot | Federal Reserve Employee |
| Maliek Golden | Young Dante |
| Michael J. Hebert | Federal Reserve Officer |
| Rodney Hill Jr. | Cop |
| Tron Kendrick | Fed Guy #2 |
| Marc Macaulay | Agent Wayne |
| Callie Khouri |
4.70 out of 10 (1479 votes)
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Enjoyable movie even with all it's flaws
posted on 02 Aug 2009(Synopsis) Bridget Cardigan (Diane Keaton) is a dedicated mother and corporate wife living in an upper middle class neighborhood when her husband Don (Ted Danson) is downsized from his job of 30 years. Don has been looking for a job for a whole year. With the threat of losing everything, Bridget must find a job. She has an English Lit degree, but no job experience. She finally takes the only job that she can find as a janitor at the Federal Reserve Bank in Kansas City. The one-time corporate wife now works with Nina (Queen Latifah), a single mom with two kids who shreds old money, and Jackie (Katie Holmes), young, beautiful, and a little strange, who moves the money cart. Every day the bank shreds over a million dollars. Bridget begins to think of what she can do with some of that old money, and she comes up with a plan. Bridget needs Nina and Jackie for the plan to work. They all join forces and start taking home the money. These three women have pulled off the perfect crime.(My Comment) This movie is a good example of what three average women who have learned to work the system for their own advantage can do when they want something bad enough even though it is illegal. It also shows you what will eventually happen when you have enough money and should stop, but greed sets in. Diane Keaton was wonderful in her part as a stay at home wife who must get a job to survive. Life can be hard when the breadwinner losses his job. Everybody already knows that the difference between a bum and a respected person is a job. These three women had a job; however, they turned to the life of crime only to get what they did not earn. I know it is only a movie, but working for your money is important, especially since Nina had two kids at home. Queen Latifah's performance was convincing and at times touching. Katie Holmes' performance was funny, but a little unusual. It is an enjoyable movie, but you can wait for the DVD to come out. (Overturn Films, Run Time 1:44, Rated PG-13)(5/10)
The way she dances !!
posted on 29 Jul 2009I loved this movie! It brings a SMILE to your face. Isn't it one of the most important missions of cinema as an art ? (Apart from making you dream that your craziest dreams my come true too?!) Naïf ? No. Just relaxed and happy.It also made me discover Katie Holmes ! Never got attracted by any news regarding her or any movie she participated in. Yes, I'm probably late on this "discovery"... But did you too NOTICE the way she DANCES all through the movie ?! FANTASTIC! I WISH I COULD MOVE LIKE HER ! :-) To me, as they call it here in Italy, it was "ciliegina sulla torta" :-)Complimenti to director and scriptwriters !
I thought it was cute
posted on 25 Jul 2009My friend and I were looking for a movie to see this weekend and Mad Money was the only movie that looked like fun. When we finished the movie, the audience was happy and we were happy, this was a fun and cute movie. So I have to say that I am very very surprised by this harsh rating on IMDb, I mean, a 4.4?! You have got to be kidding me, this is by no means movie of the year, but for what it was, this was just a fun comedy to watch. There wasn't any major problems with this movie that deserves that kind of a rating that makes it look like the first major flop of the year. Diane Keaton, Queen Latifah, and Katie Holmes were absolutely adorable together and had great chemistry. They made the story an Oceans Eleven for the girls, sounds like such a chick flick, but I think this is one that most could actually enjoy.Bridget and her husband, Dan are in major debt, really bad debt, like 282,000 dollars in debt. They are about to loose everything they own, so Bridget gets a job as a janitor for the financial bank. When she notices the ultimate torture of how they shred worn out money, she gets a clever idea with the help of two other girl employees, Nina and Jackie, to find a way to break the system and get that money to get out of their poor situations. Once they get what they need, Bridget is so satisfied with how smooth everything went, she wants more and they go for it, but they should learn not to get so greedy since someone is on their tale.Mad Money is a chick flick, but it's one of the rare one's that I liked. I didn't think there was anything wrong with this film. I think they could have explained the situation with the boss of the bank a little better, I don't know if he was in on it or what, but it's something that could slide I think. Queen Latifah was just so funny and Diane Keaton was a perfect choice for Bridget, Katie Holmes was pretty decent for the comic relief. Please don't take the rating on IMDb seriously, I think that Mad Money was just a fun little comedy that deserves a better chance.6/10
Honey, Mad Money is funny and, while not perfect, is quite entertaining, too
posted on 29 Jun 2009Bridget (Diane Keaton) is a gracious matron with a lovely home. Yet, her world turns upside-down when her husband (Ted Danson) loses his job. Suddenly, bills are piling up and there is no solution in sight. Needing to maintain her lifestyle, Bridget takes a job as a custodial worker for the local branch of the federal mint. Now, she has the health care coverage she needs and the means to pay her creditors. But, she wants more, especially considering the menial tasks she is asked to perform and the smug attitude of the mint's bossman. Being a tough and smart cookie, Bridget hatches an elaborate plot to help herself to some of the worn-out bills that are headed for the shredder. But, in order for the scheme to work, she needs the aid of Nina (Queen Latifah), who operates one of the shredders, and Jackie (Katie Holmes), whose task it is to transport the cart of paper money to and fro. They agree, after some initial reluctance, to become Bridget's partners in crime, for Nina wants to send her two little boys to a fine school and Jackie has a need for some excitement. But, will they really be able to pull one over on the Feds? This is really a fairly funny movie, with a great plot and a nice cast. Keaton, especially, is fabulous as the conniving, high maintenance housewife and the Queen is equally wonderful as a single mother with big dreams. Danson, Christopher McDonald and the lesser players are fine, too. Only Holmes strikes a flat note, as her Jackie is rather forgettable. Since Katie has shown she is a fine actress (see Pieces of April or Abandon), one can only conclude that the director failed her miserably. Then, too, she sports an awful hair style and terrible costumes throughout the film as well. This is most odd, for Keaton and Latifah look great. Although the sets are not noteworthy, they are certainly adequate, as is the look of the film. If you have heard that this film is a bomb, don't believe it. While it may not be a masterpiece, it definitely has its funny moments and zany charm, more than enough, in fact, to make it a worthwhile watch.
Morally bankrupt movie
posted on 25 Jun 2009I was prepared to laugh and I hated this film.Why would you elect to spend 1 hour and 40 minutes with these people who are just plain greedy? Diane Keaton's character and her husband are rich Americans who feel entitled to maintain their lifestyle. Oh boo hoo--you can't keep your fancy house with a pool..I feel sorry for you that you have to get a job. NOT. Then we have Queen Latifah, who is the best character in the movie--but who still goes for the "I'm American and I'm entitled to something because I want it." Forget about Katie Holmes. She drops her purse and you see a syringe. She says later that "I'm a late onset diabetic." WRONG term. She's a Type 1 diabetic and any idiot would know that diabetics often use syringes to inject insulin--but Diane Keaton and Queen Latifah imply Katie Holmes' character is a drug addict. How stupid is this? Diane Keaton is college educated. Queen Latifah's character is SMART. Duh. How about the whole premise that they'd rip off the Fed? My husband worked at the Fed. SPOILER: There's NO WAY the whole entire security system would rest on Master locks. Have you ever heard of computerized security???? I felt offended that we were supposed to sympathize that life's joys were all about being able to buy things--buy happiness. We were supposed to applaud their friendship all based on a complete lack of morality on any character's part. They were thieves STEALING for no good reason except they wanted fancy stuff. It's not like any of them needed costly medical care or something.Don't waste your time on this film. Too many holes. Too many unsympathetic portrayals of outright greed and stupidity. I can't believe anyone spent any money getting this made. It's embarrassing. I'm sorry I spent money on this. It's everything I hate about American culture and American films.
thought it was great
posted on 13 Jun 2009made me chuckle. i watch loads of films and very few so called comedies actually make me laugh (me a bit jaded) but this did. the girls were all great. & who knew Ted Danson still had some go? we can all now see what ol' tom sees in likkle Katie! what i don't get is other reviewers having a problem with the 'ethics' of the film. OUR SOCIETY IS ENTIRELY BASED UPON THEFT. wake up. please. the reason we (in the west) have such luxury (well, some of us) is because we stole it. we can argue about the right and wrongs of our ancestors actions until the cows come home but the fact is it (what we all living it up with now) was stolen. if we are to learn anything from our betters it is that theft is o.k. as long as you've got the muscle to back it up.it's you people that make us have to work when we really don't want to.
Underrated heist comedy
posted on 13 Jun 2009Directed by Callie Khouri (best known for writing the famous Ridely Scott film "Thelma & Louise"), Mad Money tells the story of three women working at the Kansas Federal Reserve Bank (though the movie was shot in Louisiana) who work out a system to steal money that is about to be shredded. Obviously, stuff happens.Mad Money is far from being the best heist film out there. Recent efforts such as After The Sunset, The Italian Job, The Thomas Crown Affair, Entrapment or The Ladykillers are all much cooler. But just as Steven Soderbergh's "Ocean's" series is extremely overrated, this widely panned film is quite underrated. Actually, though it is central to the plot, the movie doesn't really focus on the heist element that much preferring to stick with character interactions and light comedy. Here also it's far from the funniest movie out there, but the humor is pleasant and harmless.The acting is pretty good all around. Diane Keaton is certainly better here than in her horrible performance in the previous year's Because I Said So, and while some may find baffling that Katie Holmes chose this over The Dark Knight, she certainly does a better job here at playing a ditz than her uselessness in Batman Begins. Who knows? Maybe she just doesn't like Batman, maybe she wanted a role that would center more on her, maybe she just loves Thelma & Louise and is willing to have a lower paycheck, which, being married to Tom Cruise, she can totally afford to do. Queen Latifah is her usual self and it's always cool to see Ted Danson and Christopher McDonald (even if it's little more than a glorified cameo).The movie has flaws yes, and shouldn't really show up on anyone's top 10 or top 200 list. The flashback narration doesn't really work that well and the ending is pretty ludicrous, but what the hell it's just a movie folks. I don't think anyone involved in the making of Mad Money declared that this movie will radically change your views on life. It's just simple harmless entertainment, something pleasant to watch if you stumble upon it.
Larcenious Ladies Living the Crime of their Lives
posted on 09 Jun 2009Diane Keaton hasn't made a really good movie in a long time, and the protagonists that she has been playing lately wallow in the same stereotypical rut. Usually, she plays a mother close to her actual age, and she sports those godawful granny glasses. In short, nothing that she has been in has deviated from the routine. For example, she was a mother in "The Family Stone," "Because I Said So," and "Something's Got to Give." Keaton's last truly great movie was Woody Allen's "Manhattan Melodrama" and before that it was "Annie Hall." "The Little Drummer Girl" provided her with her most off-beat role. Sure, she was okay in "The Godfather," but she wasn't the star attraction. Indeed, she plays yet another mom in "Mad Money," but she tampers more with her image here than she has since the offbeat but disastrous Mafia movie "Plan B." Great idea for a movie, but "Plan B" bombed. "Mad Money" (**** out of ****) finds Keaton teaming up with Queen Latifah and Katie Holmes. Talk about casting coup! Who would have thought that these three would gang up in a hysterical comedy crime caper about a trio of dames who steal the Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank blind? These three have terrific chemistry together, too. Poor Bridget Cardigan (Diane Keaton) sees her life going down the drain when her out-of-work husband Don (Ted Danson of CBS-TV's "Becker") cannot find another job. Not only are they $200-thousand dollars in debt, but also they're going to have to sell their sprawling house. Bridget tries to find a job, but she has been out of the workforce far too long. One human resources lady laughs Bridget out the door when she points out how worthless Bridget's English lit degree is. Eventually, our leading lady lands a lowly job as a janitor at a Federal Reserve Bank swabbing out toilets and bagging the trash. The sight of Diane Keaton in rubber gloves and dark coveralls with frizzy hair is a hilarious change of pace for the Oscar-winning actress.Once she grows accustoms to her surroundings, Bridget notices lapses in the security and masterminds an incredible scheme to steal the old worn-out currency that the Treasury Department destroys and then replaces with crisp, fresh bills. She makes friends with single mom Nina Brewster (Queen Latifah of "Set It Off") who shreds the old money. Mind you, she doesn't shred just George Washington dollar bills. She obliterates $100 dollar bills and on up. They bring in young, ditzy Jackie Truman (Katie Holmes of "Batman Begins"). Bridget discovers that the same type of lock that the Federal Reserve keeps the carts that contain the old money is sold at a local hardware store. She fixes things up so that Jackie can stash the old money in a trash can while she is being watched by the security monitors without giving away any clues. Indeed, our heroines are constantly under pressure about their dastardly doings. Bridget gets it from both Don and Nina, especially after six months elapse and everybody has gotten more than enough money. Nevertheless, Bridget wants to keep on keeping on, and she refuses to listen to calmer minds. She does agree with them that they must keep a low profile. Nina warns them that if they start spending too much then they will arouse the suspicions of their employers. In fact, in one side-splitting scene, Nina confronts Bridget in a restroom, wrenches the rubber glove off Bridget's hand, jerks a $66-thousand dollar ring off her finger, and flushes it without a qualm down the toilet, much to Bridget's chagrin. Furthermore, our heroines must contend with Federal Reserve Security, principally the guards that lust after Nina and the chief of security, Glover (Stephen Root), who lords it over everybody with his scheduled as well as unscheduled security shakedowns.Director Callie Khouri, best known for her feminist masterpiece "Thelma & Louise," maintains headlong momentum throughout the action. Clocking in at a trim 104 minutes, "Mad Money" never wears out its welcome. Moreover, Khouri isn't half bad at orchestrating a robbery that occurs under the security conscious noses of heavily armed guards and omnipotent surveillance cameras. The first heist generates considerable suspense as our heroines steal the money but later have to negotiate the gauntlet of the routine searches at the doors. They conceal the bucks in their bras, but Jackie stuffs her dough in her panties, with U.S. Grant peeking out of her waist-line as she waits in-line for the inevitable purse inspection. Sure, Jackie hides the money before anybody discovers it, but you wind up laughing your butt off at Bridget and Nina's antics as they struggle to alert her. Eventually, the girls go just too far, and they notice some suspicious people keeping tabs on them. However, to reveal any more about the intricately worked out plot and the white-knuckled suspense scenes that Khouri sprinkles through this lighter-than-helium heist would give away far too much. Sufficient to say, "Mad Money" boasts a deliriously happy ending that will have everybody slapping hands in high five gestures at fade-out.Interestingly enough, the producers lensed "Mad Money" in Louisiana instead of Kansas, but you wouldn't know otherwise from what transpires in this tall tale. Khouri and scenarist Glenn Gars, who penned the above-average Anthony Hopkins wife-killer movie "Fracture," keep the audience in suspense up to their necks. There is one hell of a surprise ending. Ted Danson is good as Keaton's husband, and Stephen Root steals every scene that he has as Keaton's paranoia chief of security. Ostensibly, "Mad Money" is a remake of "Hot Money," a 2001 British made-for-TV movie. Women who love to see women triumph over men in the end should flock to this movie in droves and have the crime of their lives.
Don't rush to see it
posted on 30 May 2009Mad Money was mildly entertaining...very mildly. It can't seem to muster the energy to be more so. Because of the movie's structure, you more-or-less know where the movie's headed and you basically just have to sit and see how it gets there. Along the way, the characters are making what seem to be really obvious mistakes that any law-enforcement official with a lick of sense would catch on to in no time.The main characters are pretty nonchalant about stealing gobs of money, and the supposedly vigilant security staff is equally blasé - barely expending the energy to raise an inquiring eyebrow when they see suspicious behavior. Significant others are also pretty halfhearted in their attempts to point out the negative consequences of their loved ones' behavior, and end up just going with the felonious flow.Why not rent a copy of the Italian Job or Ocean's Eleven instead?
Better than its reputation
posted on 28 May 2009Three women who handle money thats to be destroyed pull off a robbery and then complications set in. Actually we know of the complications from the get go since it begins there and goes back...Good cast in a movie that isn't bad. Actually its a pleasant time killer,which completely surprised me because the reviews I had read had really lambasted this film. That the film works at all is testament to the three leads, Diane Keaton, Katie Holmes (how is correctly cast here unlike Batman Begins) and Queen Latifah. The three women and their supporting players make this good enough you wish it was better. As it is it's worth a look.
I thought it was kinda good, but mainly just for fun and really nothing more.
posted on 28 May 2009I thought Mad Money was a good movie.I don't think that it deserves all the crap its received because it wasn't mean from the beginning to be taken for serious, its just entertaining and thats exactly what it does.I found it to be very fun and all the characters to be likable.I gotta say I thought it was cool how they stole money, and being a fan of Queen Latifah it was very fun to see her, thus making her my favorite character.However some stuff seemed a little out of place, and some stuff was loosely flawed.Also I think Dianne Keaton over-reacted a tad bit.Like I said this film is never the less entertaining and is not to be taking literal.Its also very cool and some stuff was very funny.Overall this film is really okay, and while some stuff may not amuse you or make you a little mad, its pretty fun and cute.7.3 out of 10 stars
Deserves its low rating, some entertaining moments but overall not much of a movie.
posted on 24 May 2009The "star" here is clearly Diane Keaton as Bridget Cardigan, she does a lot of "hamming" and if you like her, you will probably like this movie. It was too much hamming for me.The story gets going when Ted Danson as her husband Don Cardigan announces that not only are they broke, they are in debt and will have to put the house on the market. He has been looking for a job, so far unsuccessfully. So Bridget needs to work.She finds a job as a janitor in a Federal Reserve bank, and it just breaks her heart to see them having to destroy all that worn-out money each day. So she makes plans to rescue some of it. After all, if no one knows it hasn't been destroyed, what's the harm?? Perhaps the most interesting character in the story is Katie Holmes as Jackie Truman, a sort of free spirit who usually has headphones on and dancing to music even as she pushes her carts of old money.She brings the old money to Queen Latifah as Nina Brewster, whose job it is to destroy the money. Since only certain jobs are allowed on each floor, Bridget has to first convince Jackie and Nina to go along with the plot, then devise a plan to actually "rescue" some of that money and get it out of the building.The story is improbable, of course, and the characters not very interesting after the opening scenes. It can be a good 90 minute diversion, but overall not a particularly good movie.SPOILERS: The ladies do succeed in their plan by using their own padlock which they switch to while the money is being carted to the elevator. Then even with cameras watching Jackie can slip some of the money into the trash can, and Bridget comes along later and grabs the garbage bag. Nina then has to remove the lock and replace it with the correct one so as not to raise suspicion. They get together in the ladies room and strap money to their bodies. Authorities eventually wonder how everyone involved can afford the things they are buying, and in a raid arrest everyone, but not before excess money is destroyed by various means. In the end there is no "evidence" so no one can be prosecuted.
Mad Money is Mad Funny
posted on 24 May 2009Keaton, Queen Latifah and Holmes are three great actors who play three totally different characters in this film. Determined to beat the system, the three team up to take money from a Federal Reserve that will soon be shredded anyway.The three are the perfect ingredients in this light hearted comedy. Keaton plays the head of the operation who goes from riches to rags and back again. Holmes plays the lovable free-spirit who is in it to win it. Queen Latifah's character is the most memorable. She plays the level headed single mother who wants the money to make a better life for her kids. All three have the perfect motive and the perfect plan.10/10 I look forward to seeing it again and buying it on DVD.
Its a re-make!
posted on 18 Apr 2009The first thing I can say about this is - its a re-make of a fairly good British 'made for TV' movie called Hot Money. For all those who thought it wouldn't happen in real life - it did happen at the Royal Mint several years ago, and Hot Money was a dramatised version of a true story. Mad Money is simply yet another attempt by Hollywood to rip off someone else's idea - just like The Departed. What I can't understand about re-makes is - 'Why bother if the original is still going to be better than the second one?' Hence my overall review of this is - why did they bother?
A perfect idea for a film:
posted on 16 Apr 2009screwing over the federal government. In this movie 3 women who work at a federal bank come up with a scheme to steal worn out money that is going to be destroyed. I thought the idea was pretty clever as shown in the movie. It was entertaining and amusing; however, you can't root for any of them because they are nothing but thieves. They want money, and feel they are entitled to it without working for it. Bridget who thought of the scheme appears to be an upper middle class woman whose husband has lost his job. Not only that they are in a lot of debt. And she thinks being a janitor will pay of the bills. The other 2, Nina and Jackie, may not be well off, but they have enough to live on. So, they certainly aren't sympathetic. And when you steal from the feds, you are going to jail for a long time. I thought the ending was too easy as to how they get out of it all.FINAL VERDICT: Entertaining, better than I thought. It's good for a popcorn flick.
The Root of All Evil Turns Good in "Mad Money" ***
posted on 10 Apr 2009Despite the silly ending, we have a fairly good film here led by Diane Keaton, Queen Latifah and Ted Danson who all become involve from stealing money from the Federal Reserve Bank.Keaton and Danson are a wealthy couple who lose everything when Danson is a victim of his firm's downsizing. With little skills, Keaton goes to work as a cleaner for the Federal Reserve Bank where she meets up with Latifah and others as they steal money.It's hilarious how they do this and get around a boss who is constantly watching them.Don't be disappointed by the ending, since despite it all, crime does not pay.
An absurd premise but a really, really good time!!
posted on 25 Mar 2009I know exactly why this is getting skewered by reviewers on IMDb. People nowadays that see films can't just have a good time. You can't just be entertained or ignore reality for two hours so you can get caught up in what is supposed to be an escape from real life!! Sure some movies are just rotten but sometimes you just have to sit back and enjoy the ride and that is exactly what Mad Money requires you to do and it's well worth doing exactly that. Mad Money pits the whole trio of gals into a mad cap adventure that isn't exactly true to life but it's fun and well written and they are fun!! Mad Money is exactly what they attempted to put together and they may have been aiming at the demographic of women but its fun for everyone and the characters are terrific. Its not really a laugh out loud roll in the aisles kind of comedy but its certainly worthwhile in a fun laid back kind of way. I am surprised that more focus and controversy hasn't been put on the fact that the film is about robbing a bank, essentially embezzling hundreds of thousands maybe millions of dollars from where they work and they ARE the heroes of the story. I mean they should be painted at the very least as anti heroes but this is always treated like fun, and that they deserve this and they aren't criminals.Now Diane Keaton has had some great roles. I don't dislike her usually as an actress. She's also probably the most experienced actor of the bunch but in some ways I think she gets out done by everyone else. Her slightly neurotic, pampered portrayal of Bridget Cardigan. She's the master mind, the brains behind the idea but needs help. Her comedy feels kind of forced and she looks constantly like she has her hand in the cookie jar, making it kind of hard to believe that they wouldn't be suspicious of her. She has this perpetual 'I'm robbing you blind' look on her face. She just kind of sticks out in this cast. Queen Latifah has played her role several times before and should be a pro at it and she does a good job. She's the down on her luck, single Mom, enamored with the cute, buff black guy and willing to do anything to save her kids. Latifah is better than this film but she's still fun to watch and she adds that touch of fun and class to the cast. Guess who is the shining spot light in Mad Money? Mrs. Katie Holmes-Cruise. Holmes does an awesome job as shining star, unique personality, Jackie Truman. She's kind of this wild child and has this flare and she's kind of ditzy but completely pertinent to the plan and I think she is the shining force in this film!! She does a terrific job and kudos to her. She's adorable, sexy, fun to watch and has some great lines. She really kills this role!! When I saw Ted Danson was in the film I was excited to see him in something other than Cheers re-runs but I figured he'd hardly be in it BUT they actually use him a lot!! He plays Keaton's down on his luck husband and he's really good. He's straight faced, and serious and him and Keaton have really good chemistry. I hope this gives him some other roles because I think he's terrific. Adam Rothenberg plays a small role as Holmes' less than intelligent husband who comes out with some great lines and looks cute with Holmes although you'll never see them kiss (an homage to her husband perhaps which I think is very upstanding.) Honorable mention to the very clever Stephen Root who plays the overbearing head of the vault and does it wonderfully. Roger Cross is decent as Latifah's love interest but he's mostly quiet and brooding and doesn't really do anything to stand out.The most important thing I think with a buddy crime comedy is that the main characters (in this case the trio of gals) have great chemistry and in the end they are the best of friends and you believe it and Mad Money successfully pulls that off considering how different the characters and the actresses really are. If anyone should know how to do the female best friend crime caper it should be director Callie Khouri, who wrote and produced Thelma and Louise and I don't think Mad Money will ever get that cult status but it still fulfills some of those key elements. The film is ludicrous...I mean they're robbing a maximum security vault of money that is being shredded (although I think their plan is pretty ingenious) but they constantly look guilty, they do things that would could only end up being filmed when there are cameras everywhere...so if you're going to pick the film apart then you will hate it. But if you can just sit back, smile, chuckle and enjoy this crazy ride then you'll see Mad Money for what it was meant to be and you'll love every minute of it. I happen to think it was excellent and I had a great time watching it. I left the movie with a smile on my face and that is the mark of good entertainment. 8.5/10
Awful
posted on 23 Mar 2009It's rare I write a review of a movie having only seen less than 5 minutes of it.That's all I needed from this film.If your making a robbery movie it's a really bad idea to show your audience that the robbery has been successful in the opening scene. It's an even worse idea to then show your robbers destroying their ill gotten gains.It's also a really bad idea to make the film a retrospective so they tell you the end then go back in time.The basic premise sounded good. the cast looked half decent.The start ruined the film before it even got a chance to get itself established and I wasn't willing to watch any more of it.It might have gotten better but I highly doubt it. It needs a really bad film to annoy you so much you stop watching it in less than 5 minutes. That makes this film an all time record breaker.Most films I'm willing to go back and attempt to endure them. not this time. All thumbs down. Bad start ruined movie.
Mad Money is now my favourite film.
posted on 11 Mar 2009I love it. But I have a question to all those people out there who: 1. Think Diane Keaton is awful and 'should give acting up' 2. Think the whole movie is rubbishWHY?! I mean, OK, it's very unlikely this would happen, but every one thought going to the moon would be stupid right? But it did happen didn't it?It was enjoyable, funny, sexy, serious and a good way to spend 2 hours on a Sunday afternoon when you're bored. Most of Bridget's lines cracked me up, especially 'Do you live in America?' or 'That could be your savings account!' 'I don't think so. It has money in it.' I only watched it because it had Diane Keaton in it, but after about 20-30 minutes, I started to realise this isn't such a bad film after all.
A ridiculous chick flick.
posted on 26 Aug 2009I'm sorry, I just couldn't get into it; let alone believe it could actually happen. Was not impressed much with the shallow ensemble. A female version of the OCEAN'S 11 franchise. Diane Keaton plays suburbanite Bridget Cardigan, whose husband Don(Ted Danson)loses his job and has spent a year without finding another one. Bridget, skilled in absolutely nothing, wrangles a job working maintenance at a Federal Reserve Bank, where she gets the cunning and dangerous idea of talking two other employees into stealing worn-out money ready for the shredder. So you have Nina(Queen Latifah),a single mother, and Jackie(Katie Holmes),a young free spirit, getting ready to pull off a heist with Bridget that will change all of their desperate and diverse lives. I have to admit that Holmes makes the movie interesting. Replace Keaton and Latifah with say maybe Charlize Theron and Catherine Zeta-Jones and you've got something to really watch. Now I guess I'm the one who is ridiculous. Also in MAD MONEY are: Stephen Root, Roger Cross and Christopher McDonald.