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List Price: $29.97 | | Label: Anchor Bay - ITN
Salesrank: 1749
Released: May 13, 2008 |
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MPAA Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
Academy Award® winner Diane Keaton Academy Award® nominee Queen Latifah and Katie Holmes are all in for the crime of their lives! Deep inside the most secure bank in America three desperate women from very different worlds cook up the most unlikely heist of the century: Smuggle out millions of dollars in worn-out currency headed for a Federal Reserve shredder every day. Taking the cash is going to be easy but getting away with it will be insane! Ted Danson Christopher McDonald (HAPPY GILMORE) Roger Cross (24) and Stephen Root (OFFICE SPACE) co-star in this wild comedy caper from the creator of THELMA & LOUISE about chasing your dreams beating the system and paying the price for MAD MONEY!System Requirements:Running Time: 104 minutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: COMEDY/COMEDY OF ERRORS Rating: PG-13 UPC: 013138000095 Manufacturer No: DV80000
Description of Mad Money:
Take three women in need of cash, a slew of money about to be shredded, and a plot that nicks a bit from 2005's Fun with Dick and Jane and you've got Mad Money. Diane Keaton stars as Bridget, a stay-at-home wife whose life as she knows it ends when her husband loses his cushy, high-paying job. Her college degree in literature turns out to be useless, so she accepts a janitorial position at the local bank. There she meets Nina (Queen Latifah) and Jackie (Katie Holmes), who could use some spare scratch as well. Suddenly, it dawns on Bridget that the bank has plenty of what they need: money! Because the gals are so cute and nice, it's clear they're not really going to rob the bank. What they will do, though, is take the old bills headed for the shredder and recycle it back into the economy by spending it. (Oh heck, they're basically stealing the money.) Played for laughs, the movie doesn't bother to discuss the economic ramifications of what would happen if too much money was recirculated, but that's neither here nor there. The trio of personable actors--particularly Keaton--does a good job of making the characters likable, even in some unbelievable situations. But Keaton deserves better than Mad Money, which isn't really funny enough to be a comedy and doesn't have enough romance to qualify as good chick flick. Still, Keaton, Latifah and Holmes share warm camaraderie. It'd be fun to see them reunited in a film that had a little more weight to it. Ironically, Mad Money was directed by directed by Callie Khouri, who wrote Thelma & Louise and Something to Talk About--movies that had all the key components (compelling storyline and characters worth cheering on) that Mad Money is lacking. --Jae-Ha Kim
Mad Money Reviews:
Surprisingly complex characterization 
2008-09-02 - I went into this movie expecting nothing but a fun chick-flick with a bit of suspense and action, and got it - plus a little side of mystery. The main character is not as straightforward as she first seems, and that pretty much makes the movie a notch above a lot of fluffy chick-flicks. It makes her more than a two-dimensional cardboard cutout, and gives her real personality. It also helps that all three of the main actresses did a phenomenal job with their roles; I give the acting two thumbs up.
As far as the plot goes, yes, it's very farfetched and unbelievable (as in, don't try this yourself), but for me that doesn't take away from the enjoyment of the movie. The only slight problem was the inability to judge the passing of time - at the end of the movie it's mentioned that three years have passed, but without that one comment we have no idea how long it'd been. It's only a small complaint because it's not terribly crucial to the storyline whether it's been three months or three years.
Otherwise it was a very fun and well-acted comedy/action movie that I think most people would enjoy. I'd recommend it to anyone looking for some mindless entertainment.
Can't get any madder than that 
2008-08-25 - Great story based partially on fact. Keaton, Danson, Holmes, Latifah, how could you go wrong.
Surprised at how much I enjoyed it. 
2008-08-21 - This isn't the type of movie I gravitate toward typically, but I must say that this is a very enjoyable comedy. There was a certain chemistry between Diane Keaton (who I mainly remember from the classic Woody Allen movies of the 1970's), Quee Latifah, and Katie Holmes, who is simply adorable.
I found the concept of three women working at a Federal Reserve bank and trying to sneak worn out money out of it during the disposal process to be a great setting for a comedy. Though having seen it once, I really don't care if I never see it again, which accounts for my strictly "average" review. This ain't "Ferris Buehler's Day Off" funny, just sort of funny.
I couldn't find any subtitles (which are handy for me even though I'm not hearing impared since often I watch movies late at night and I don't want to wake up others and I really don't like headphones) or bonus features. I thought the closing credits were sort of cool.
So, a bare-bones release of a decent (not rolling in the isles or vulgar) comedy. If you've got "mad money" to spend on DVDs, you could do worse than this one.
Cool Sunday Flick
2008-08-18 - It was a good movie I would definetly recommend it. It was funny and Diane Keanton was totally funny as she played a crimal minded housewife. Definetly check this movie out.
A different sort of film
2008-08-04 - This is a rare movie, where some of our favorite actors are involved in less than desired activities, and yet we found ourselves rooting for them. The movie is about three women in difficult situations, needing money and a change of perspective for their families.
Ted Danson delivers a great performance as the unemployed husband of Bridget, who not only lost his highly paid executive job, but is now depressed and confronting reality for at his age, he no longer feels confident enough to start again.
The three women work at what looks like Fort Knox, where money is disposed off by banks because it becomes too old to circulate. They simply shred millions every day. To support her family, Bridget, played by Diane Keaton, comes up with a rather ingenious plot that is both fun and believable.
In order to be successful in her plan to steal lots of money, Bridget enlists others. Nina, played by Queen Latifah, and Jackie, superbly played by Katie Holmes, become the other two in this trio of thieves. We found ourselves laughing, enjoying the suspense, and hoping that they get away with their creative money recycling business.
