Love in the Time of Money (2002)

18% of critics liked it
(39 reviews)
26% of users liked it
(623 ratings)

Like La Ronde, Peter Mattei's debut film Love in the Time of Money consists of a series of conversational duets that ultimately returns to the person who started the entire chain of events. Starting with prostitute Greta (Vera Farmiga) and disgruntled trick Eddie (Domenick Lombardozzi), the story… More Like La Ronde, Peter Mattei's debut film Love in the Time of Money consists of a series of conversational duets that ultimately returns to the person who started the entire chain of events. Starting with prostitute Greta (Vera Farmiga) and disgruntled trick Eddie (Domenick Lombardozzi), the story soon includes a housewife on the look for an affair (Jill Hennessy), her husband (Malcolm Gets), an artist (Steve Buscemi), a gallery worker (Rosario Dawson), and a salesman (The Sopranos' Michael Imperioli). This film was screened at the 2002 Sundance Film Festival after being developed in the Sundance labs. ~ Perry Seibert, Rovi

Rating, Runtime: R, 1 hr. 30 min.
Directed By: Peter Mattei
Written By: Peter Mattei
Genres: Art House & International, Drama

In Theaters: Nov 1, 2002 Wide
On DVD: Dec 9, 2003
Studio: ThinkFilm

Critic Reviews

Tom Sime, Dallas Morning News
The overall fabric is hypnotic, and Mr. Mattei fosters moments of spontaneous intimacy.
Stephen Hunter, Washington Post
Too clever by about nine-tenths.
Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post
Despite impeccable acting ... and a script that takes some rather unexpected (even, at times, preposterous) turns, Love is just too, too precious in the end.
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
The problems of the people in Love in the Time of Money are hardly specific to their era. They just have problems, which are neither original nor are presented in convincing way.
Andrew Sarris, New York Observer
Unfortunately, a cast of competent performers from movies, television and the theater are cast adrift in various New York City locations with no unifying rhythm or visual style.
Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly
A workshop mentality prevails.
Michael Dequina, TheMovieReport.com
Feels more like an exercise for the cast and a calling card project for Mattei than a full-blooded film.
Christopher Null, Filmcritic.com
nothing to say about life, love, or even sex
Anthony Miele, Film Threat
It is a great character study that ranks with Paul Thomas Anderson's epic Magnolia.
Todd Anthony, South Florida Sun-Sentinel
The latest vapid actor's exercise to appropriate the structure of Arthur Schnitzler's Reigen.
Connie Ogle, Miami Herald
I'm sure the filmmakers found this a remarkable and novel concept, but anybody who has ever seen an independent film can report that it is instead a cheap cliché.
Luke Y. Thompson, Dallas Observer
[I]f you've been to more than one indie flick in your life, chances are you've already seen this kind of thing.
Jeffrey M. Anderson, Combustible Celluloid
It doesn't help that the director and cinematographer Stephen Kazmierski shoot on grungy video, giving the whole thing a dirty, tasteless feel.
Pam Grady, Reel.com
If this is an example of the type of project that Robert Redford's lab is willing to lend its imprimatur to, then perhaps it's time to rethink independent films.
Frank Ochieng, Movie Eye
Mattei's underdeveloped effort here is nothing but a convenient conveyor belt of brooding personalities that parade about as if they were coming back from Stock Character camp -- a drowsy drama infatuated by its own pretentious self-examination.
Jeffrey Chen, Window to the Movies
Will probably be one of those movies barely registering a blip on the radar screen of 2002.