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Academy AwardŽ winner Diane Keaton, Academy AwardŽ 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!
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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
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Mad Money
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I love Mad Money. It is a great family feature film and you cant help but laugh. A+++++
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For the Love of Money (4.5)
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In this movie Bridget played by Diane Keaton is force to get a job when her husband played by Ted Danson is laid off but when she gets a job at the Federal Reserve and sees Nina played by Queen Latifah shredding money she devises a plan to remove bills in small amounts one at a time. With the help, Jackie played by Katie Holmes who moves the untraced bills from one location to another the trio finds their selves pulling of the heist of the lifetime to only be busted by their husbands. Little does everyone known Bridget has the perfect plan with the help of a restaurant owner and a tax attorney that gets her out of the perfect crime but still leaves her happy. Diane Keaton, Queen Latifiah, & Katie Holmes make a hilarious team along with their spouses as they proceed to pull of the ultimate crime. As the movie, plays on a security guard Barry played by Roger Cross shows interest in Nina but not before a mistake goes wrong and he busts the girls plan leading to him becoming a part of the mission but not before another mistake by someone's husband sets off some alarms that starts a investigation. MAD MONEY is a funny chick movie that any male can sit in and be amazed by what females will do to make their family happy.
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I thought this movie was funny especially with the way the economy is in the crapper. Best line, "Hot damn, we're finally organized crime." I loved the friendship aspect of the show and I liked the "happy ending" aspect as well. Hey, I liked it. The characters were funny and I like that it was a "feel good" movie. It wasn't so unrealistic that it took me out of the movie.
Its not going to win any awards but who says every movie has to be a contender. Ok so maybe it was a bit on the unrealistic side but who really cares. We need a few of those. It had a decent plot and none of the characters were overly annoying. Mad Money tells a good story and gives a few good laughs in the process, and even made me think a few times.
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Who is dumber - Hollywood for making or you for watching this unrelastic, made up piece of fluff
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As a matter of fact an employee who did steal was caught when the punched notes showed up in circulation. Not going to go into plot and sub plot both of which did not really exist, but am going to explode the utterly fabricated story line. O.K I know Hollywood thinks that the viewing audience is mainly composed of the "great unwashed" and BASED UPON literally means that they have an open license to portray the plot in what ever manner they feel is advantageous to the producer but this one takes the absolute cake. NO repeat NO Fed shreds money in the manner portrayed.
FOURTH money to be destroyed that was in straps as shown in the movie was to be burnt but before burning had holes punched through them to identify them as such. SECONDLY all currency is kept under dual control at all times. For the record the entrance and exit scenes where the search and harass tactics were portrayed was even more made up than the shredding spoof. Does not happen. The cameras shown in the movie are located in the control room and are used to keep the public area monitored for security reasons.
Also monitoring in the secured areas was not done by the guards but internally. And as far as comparing serial numbers the numbers are only recorded when the currency is paid out and NEVER NEVER NEVER again. THIRD currency is processed by denominations and there is no mixing of denominations as shown in the first removal scene. I worked for the Fed for eleven years and was in charge of the unit that actually shredded the money besides working in the other areas of the currency unit. FIRST the money is shredded a bill at a time going through a CVCS computerized processing unit. I could go on but to try to spin any story line or evolve a plot without any touch of reality to base it upon is the main reason this midnight conceived drug induced piece of loosely spun "America will buy whatever garbage we put out" mania is fruitless.
A separate issue that tried to portray the MAN is oppressing the common people maybe to develop some empathy was the portrayal of the constant video surveillance by the guards. There was not a reason to monitor the currency because the currency never was in any publicly or general employee available area.
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Hey, I love almost everything Queen Latifah does. but can't find it nor the artist singing it. but where was the comedy. I thought the movie was ok. I like it.
If anyone knows the answer to the song Katie dances to please post it. ENOUGH ALREADY. but Ted Dansen was so old and boring it was like time to go pee when his parts came on. Give us something new.
has anyone noticed that music in film anymore is like a verison used not even included on the soundtrack IF there is one. all I want to know is what the heck is the title of the song Katie Holmes is dancing to while shoving money into the mail shoot - in the hallway as she waits for the elervator. This was more like every hard working person's fantasy.
Thanx all. And the same songs from motown keep showing up on every film. there are hundreds of no body NEW groups - give them a shot at the soundtrack.
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