Mad Money | 
| Director: Callie Khouri
Actors: Ted Danson, Queen Latifah, J.c. Mackenzie, Christopher Mcdonald, Stephen Root
Studio: Anchor Bay - ITN
Category: DVD
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Rating:  89 reviews
Sales Rank: 10457
Format: Color, Dolby, Dts Surround Sound, Dvd, Ntsc, Widescreen
Language: English (Original Language)
Genre: none
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
ESRB: Teen
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 103 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.5 x 0.6
MPN: 80000
UPC: 013138000095
EAN: 0013138000095
ASIN: B0013ERFGE
Theatrical Release Date: 2008
Release Date: May 13, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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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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Product Description
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!
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 Cute Movie March 29, 2009
Ash
This isn't the best movie, but it is still worth a watch. I own this because I really enjoyed it and feel the ending wasn't really that predictable. It was filled with drama and a great storyline that kept me interested. Although it is probably more along the lines of a chick flick, I still think its a great movie to watch, at least once
I Liked The Characters and The Witty Remarks March 17, 2009
Katrina L. Burchett (Florida)
When Bridget (Diane Keaton) finds out from her husband that their financial situation is not good she wants to do her part to make things better. But when she sets out to apply for jobs this college educated woman gets no respect because of her age and because she's been out of the work force for some time. Eventually, she does find work. As a janitor at the Kansas City Federal Reserve, Bridgett comes up with a way to help herself to a lot of money; worn out cash that was going to be destroyed anyway. Never mind that she works in a "totally secure environment" where everyone is watched, everywhere, every minute. She's sure her plan will work if she can find help. She convinces two other employees to partner with her: Nina (a level-headed single mother with two sons, played by Queen Latifah) and Jackie (a woman who's a bit spacey but has good sense when it counts, played by Katie Holmes). And then the men in their lives join in.
Even though Bridget, Nina and Jackie were doing something they had no business doing (stealing is wrong no matter what reasons they had for taking the money), when they were happy about all of the money they managed to sneak out of the Federal Reserve the first time I was happy for them. That's how much I liked the characters.
This is an entertaining movie that makes one thing very clear: Money Talks! I enjoyed it. And it was nice to see these three women become close friends.
Parents: There's very little profanity and no shooting or killing. There is talk of sex but no vivid sex scenes. And there is a character that moons police surveillance.
 Funny, and very entertaning ! February 28, 2009
TripleD
This is a great movie that I have watched several times and still love it.
Movie of the Year November 26, 2008
C. P. Broadhead
I love Mad Money. It is a great family feature film and you cant help but laugh.
A+++++
For the Love of Money (4.5) November 11, 2008
Misherald (Charleston SC USA)
Diane Keaton, Queen Latifiah, & Katie Holmes make a hilarious team along with their spouses as they proceed to pull of the ultimate crime.
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. 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.
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. 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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