Mad Money [Blu-ray]

Director: Callie Khouri Callie Khouri

Overview

A woman who was used to the finer things in life is suddenly thrust back into the work force after her husband gets downsized in writer/director Callie Khouri's (Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood) American adaptation of the hit British comedy Hot Money. Faced with the prospect of losing her home as her debt begins to mount, posh housewife Bridget (Diane Keaton) accepts a job on the midnight cleaning crew at a local branch of the Federal Reserve Bank. When the growing temptation of the cash that surrounds her night after night ultimately proves too powerful to resist, Bridget teams with two of the other cleaners for a criminal exercise in creative moneymaking. Queen Latifah and Katie Holmes co-star in a crime comedy inspired by actual events.

Product Details

Release Date:	11/18/2008
UPC:	0013138304889
Original Release:	2008
Rating:	PG-13
Source:	LIONSGATE - 600000-AEC LGE
Sound:	[Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	1:44:00
Sales rank:	20,177

Special Features

Commentary with director Callie Khouri; Makin' Money: Behind the Scenes of Mad Money; Deleted & Alternate scenes; Theatrical trailer

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Diane Keaton	Bridget Cardigan
Queen Latifah	Nina Brewster
Katie Holmes	Jackie Truman
Ted Danson	Don Cardigan
Adam Rothenberg	Bob Truman
Stephen Root	Glover
Sterling Blackmon	Older Jimmy
Peyton Smith	Older Dante
Charlie Caldwell	Cop No. 1
Richard F. Law	Cop No. 2
Meagen Fay	Mindy Arbogast
Denise Lee	Counselor
Sylvia Castro Galan	Selina
Morgana Shaw	Molly
Roger Cross	Barry
Marc Macaulay	Agent Wayne
Andrew Sensenig	Cart Guy
Finesse Mitchell	Shaun
Maliek Golden	Young Dante
Khari King	Young Jimmy
Mathew Greer	Junior
Jim Cramer	Himself
John McIntosh	Headmaster
Bill Jenkins	Jeweler
Michael P. Flannigan	Foreman
Drew Waters	Fed Guy No. 1
Tron Kendrick	Fed Guy No. 2
Ginnie Randall	Ms. Cobb
Joe Nemmers	Detective Smith
Julius Washington	Detective Jones
J.C. MacKenzie	Richard Mandelbrot
Cliff Fleming	Helcopter Pilot
Jennifer Wilkerson	Hotel Clerk
Bryan McMahon	District Attorney
Richard Folmer	IRS Man
Duke W. Scott Jr.	Detective Scott
Clay Chamberlin	Waiter
Bryan Massey	Detective Brinkley
Martin Davich	Composer
James Newton Howard	Composer
Christopher McDonald	Bryce Arbogast
Ted	Actor
Queen	Actor
Callie	Actor
Julius Gregory	Detective Jones

Technical Credits

Glenn Gers

Callie Khouri	Director
Glenn Gers	Screenwriter
Frank DeMartini	Producer
James Acheson	Producer
Jay Cohen	Producer
Jack Lynch	Special Effects
Junie Lowry-Johnson	Casting
Stanislav Dragiev	Special Effects
Steve Ritzi	Stunts
Michael P. Flannigan	Producer
Avi Lerner	Producer
Boaz Davidson	Producer
Danny Dimbort	Producer
Trevor Short	Producer
Robert O. Green	Producer

Editorial Reviews

Mad Money is a lot more fun than it has any right to be. For this we can thank the cast, for its surprising comic compatibility, and the writing, for concocting a scam that's both clever and plausible. It helps this plausibility that the film is based on a British hit (Hot Money), which itself was inspired by real events. But director Callie Khouri and screenwriter Glenn Gers deserve credit for adapting the story to the American Federal Reserve, showing how three determined conspirators could hatch a plan to "liberate" retired currency before it reaches the shredder. Diane Keaton, Queen Latifah, and Katie Holmes might seem like a random selection of stars for these roles, but that's the point -- in order to fly under the radar of the Reserve's military-level security, they must seem like people who wouldn't know each other. These three develop a motley chemistry that propels the movie through some funny set pieces. In addition to functioning as a madcap caper comedy, Mad Money also works as a snapshot of corporate America in the late 2000s. Ted Danson has a funny supporting role as a formerly rich businessman, whose downsizing has left him and his wife (Keaton) with an unsupportable lifestyle. This is what prompts her to take, of all things, a janitorial job at the Reserve, in a paradoxical attempt to remain upper-class. Perhaps inevitably, Mad Money runs out of steam and goes off the rails in its third act. Morally upright characters begin casually selling out their values, and one turn of events invalidates the film's running narrative device, which features various conspirators confessing the sordid details during prison interviews. But the fact that Mad Money is even two-thirds of a good movie is more than the trailers prepared us to expect.