Mad Money is Mad Fun
Okay so gas prices are peaking over $4.00 a gallon and more and more people are getting laid off; what is a girl to do? Why not take a job at a federal reserve bank and steal a few million just to get by? Sound like a plan to me or at the least a fun movie and that is what you get with “Mad Money”.
Diane Keaton, Queen Latifah, and Katie Holmes are great in this light entertaining movie. Keaton plays a housewife whose husband gets downsized and has to find a job to keep them from loosing their home. After taking a job as janitor for one of the federal reserve banks she realizes that there is a way to steal money that is about to be shredded and hatches a plan that includes Latifah and Holmes. Together they steal an undisclosed amount of money that even at the end you’re still not sure how much it was.
This was actually better than I assumed it would be. I had heard all the different reviews of “I loved it” or “It’s stupid” and so I really didn’t know what to expect but I have to say that I am in the “love it” camp. It had me laughing and thoroughly entertained and as someone who use to work in a bank I actually found the story a little plausible. I’m not recommending anyone try it at home but I could see how it might be able to happen. Plus in the extras there is a behind the scenes featurette where someone mentions that the story was based loosely on a true story about a group of women stealing money from the Bank of London some years ago.
Speaking of extras, there weren’t as many as I like to see but there was a commentary with the director that I have to say I found a little boring. Still if you find that you have a little “Mad Money” tucked away somewhere this might not be a bad splurge. If nothing else you might get a little vocational advice but if asked you didn’t hear it from me.
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