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Mad Money (2008)

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Mad Money (2008) is ranked overall as out of 4 stars Mad Money (2008) is ranked overall as out of 4 stars
Overall Rating:2.0156
Avg Critic Score:1.9071

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Mad Money (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Leonard Maltin's Picks Leonard Maltin's Picks
But having seen this comedy with an audience, I feel confident in voicing my opinion that it’s genuinely funny. ...read the complete Mad Money movie review at Leonard Maltin's Picks
Mad Money (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Reel.com Reel.com
Why should George Clooney, Brad Pitt, and their Las Vegas crew have all of the fun? Callie Khouri's clever Mad Money lets the girls in on the action for a change, as Diane Keaton, Queen Latifah, and Katie Holmes hatch a scheme to "withdraw" funds from ...read the complete Mad Money movie review at Reel.com
Mad Money (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Newsday (Jan Stuart) Newsday (Jan Stuart)
, but Khouri and Gers invest it with an individuality and generosity of spirit that lift it into the realm of guiltless pleasure. ...read the complete Mad Money movie review at Newsday (Jan Stuart)
Mad Money (2008) scores a combined 2.80 out of 4 stars for Monsters and Critics (Ron Wilkinson) Monsters and Critics (Ron Wilkinson)
A few badly conceived scenes and misused actors cannot completely negate the positive message of this situation comedy. Diane Keaton deserves better, but lives to laugh another day. ...read the complete Mad Money movie review at Monsters and Critics (Ron Wilkinson)
Mad Money (2008) scores a combined 2.75 out of 4 stars for Atlanta Journal-Constitution Atlanta Journal-Constitution
"Keaton and Latifah stick close to their recent, reliable screen personas, while Holmes steals the picture in the broadest comic role." ...read the complete Mad Money movie review at Atlanta Journal-Constitution

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Mad Money (2008) scores a combined 2.75 out of 4 stars for Comingsoon.net Comingsoon.net
An otherwise straight-forward buddy comedy, "Mad Money" benefits from two chief features. First is the non-linear storytelling in the script by "Fracture" writer Glenn Gers. The film basically opens with the parties to the heist in custody, so right way ...read the complete Mad Money movie review at Comingsoon.net
Mad Money (2008) scores a combined 2.75 out of 4 stars for San Francisco Chronicle San Francisco Chronicle
Every day, the Federal Reserve incinerates beat-up, worn-out, used-up currency, and "Mad Money" is about three women who decide that, well, since the bank doesn't really want it anyway ... This is a caper comedy with some definite problems, but with two ...read the complete Mad Money movie review at San Francisco Chronicle
Mad Money (2008) scores a combined 2.60 out of 4 stars for Entertainment Weekly (Owen Gleiberman) Entertainment Weekly (Owen Gleiberman)
, may be a formula flick, but as directed by Callie Khouri, it gives you a good, infectious dose of its heroines' money fe ...read the complete Mad Money movie review at Entertainment Weekly (Owen Gleiberman)
Mad Money (2008) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for Minneapolis Star Tribune (Colin Covert) Minneapolis Star Tribune (Colin Covert)
is a heist comedy that doesn't rip off the audience. ...read the complete Mad Money movie review at Minneapolis Star Tribune (Colin Covert)
Mad Money (2008) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for San Diego Union-Tribune (David Elliott) San Diego Union-Tribune (David Elliott)
What's not to believe? A lot. But asking for bolted logic and dramatic structure in such a movie is about like asking former Fed chief Alan Greenspan to open a mosh pit in Miami. Anyway, the money in the bank here is Keaton. ...read the complete Mad Money movie review at San Diego Union-Tribune (David Elliott)
Mad Money (2008) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for Sacramento Bee (Carla Meyer) Sacramento Bee (Carla Meyer)
Much of the film is predictable. But to its credit, it doesn't present the men in the women's lives as the usual losers who drive them to crime. ...read the complete Mad Money movie review at Sacramento Bee (Carla Meyer)
Mad Money (2008) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for Boston Globe (Wesley Morris) Boston Globe (Wesley Morris)
This movie scared me. What is it saying about us? This is basically a bunch of rich people celebrating pathological greed. There's nothing satirical about the film. ...read the complete Mad Money movie review at Boston Globe (Wesley Morris)
Mad Money (2008) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for Austin Chronicle (Josh Rosenblatt) Austin Chronicle (Josh Rosenblatt)
, paints redemption green, and paves the road to heaven with gold. Color me surprised. ...read the complete Mad Money movie review at Austin Chronicle (Josh Rosenblatt)
Mad Money (2008) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for Creative Loafing (Matt Brunson) Creative Loafing (Matt Brunson)
, simply by virtue of the fact that I wasn't tempted to cram a gun muzzle into my mouth this time around. ...read the complete Mad Money movie review at Creative Loafing (Matt Brunson)
Mad Money (2008) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for The Land of Eric (Eric D. Snider) The Land of Eric (Eric D. Snider)
"Mad Money" plays like the chick-flick version of "Ocean's Eleven," with the emotional stakes played up and the logistics of the heist played down. It's men who are most interested in gadgets and technicalities, after all; women prefer films about ...read the complete Mad Money movie review at The Land of Eric (Eric D. Snider)
Mad Money (2008) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for Wolfpack Productions (Sujit 'Chief' Chawla) Wolfpack Productions (Sujit 'Chief' Chawla)
When her husband loses his job and their way of life is threatened, Bridget Cardigan gets a job as a cleaning lady inside a Federal Reserve Bank in Kansas. After being there for a few minutes, she concocts a plan to steal large stacks of money that would ...read the complete Mad Money movie review at Wolfpack Productions (Sujit 'Chief' Chawla)
Mad Money (2008) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for Filmjerk.com (Brian Orndorf) Filmjerk.com (Brian Orndorf)
Think of "Mad Money" as "Ocean's Eleven" with more estrogen, less glittery metropolis appeal, and Queen Latifah. It’s a strident mix of audience-reassuring nonsense and spunky caper construction, and truthfully, "Mad Money" is not a waste of time. It ...read the complete Mad Money movie review at Filmjerk.com (Brian Orndorf)
Mad Money (2008) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for Box Office Mojo (Scott Holleran) Box Office Mojo (Scott Holleran)
The bouncy, innocuous Mad Money is a light, cute little caper about three women who decide to rob the Federal Reserve Bank in Kansas City, Missouri. While this crime comedy's calculations do not quite ...read the complete Mad Money movie review at Box Office Mojo (Scott Holleran)
Mad Money (2008) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for kids-in-mind kids-in-mind
An upper-middle class housewife (Diane Keaton) is shocked when she realizes that she will lose her suburban home and comfortable lifestyle when her husband (Ted Danson) is downsized. Unprepared for the world of common toil, she befriends two women (Queen ...read the complete Mad Money movie review at kids-in-mind
Mad Money (2008) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for Wolf Entertainment Guide (William Wolf) Wolf Entertainment Guide (William Wolf)
The screenplay piles on improbabilities, and there is obvious straining to keep the plot spinning, but affability dominates the movie, with ample laughs along the way to make for a light, not unwelcome diversion. An Overture Films release. ...read the complete Mad Money movie review at Wolf Entertainment Guide (William Wolf)
Mad Money (2008) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for The Arizona Republic The Arizona Republic
There's a certain level of basic competence at work in Mad Money - nothing special, nothing too bad. The comic story of three women ripping off the Federal Reserve bank in Kansas City just sort of . . . is. ...read the complete Mad Money movie review at The Arizona Republic
Mad Money (2008) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for Seattle Post-Intelligencer Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Back in 1991, screenwriter Callie Khouri won an Oscar for writing "Thelma & Louise," a darkly humorous comedy about two put-upon women who, after an accumulation of problems, take to the road and commit a spree of robberies. Their crimes were represented ...read the complete Mad Money movie review at Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Mad Money (2008) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for Toronto Star (Peter Howell) Toronto Star (Peter Howell)
Mad Money is small change that somehow manages to add up to a satisfying ...read the complete Mad Money movie review at Toronto Star (Peter Howell)
Mad Money (2008) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for Parent Previews Parent Previews
Mad Money opens with an image bound to get your attention: A upper crust suburban couple -- Don and Bridget Cardigan (Ted ...read the complete Mad Money movie review at Parent Previews
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