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Bruce MacVittie, Dermot Mulroney, Linda Fiorentino

Linda Fiorentino is her lean, sexy self as Carol, a former prom queen who's grown up to be a nurse in an old-age home, which isn't quite what she imagined her future would be. She's married to her pro...( read more  read more... )m king, Wayne (Dermot Mulroney), who's grown a little dull. Then Henry (Paul Newman) gets delivered into her care. He's an imprisoned bank robber who has had a stroke. Or has he? Carol begins to try to suss him out, even going so far as to straddle him in his wheelchair and fondle his ears, but it's not until she pushes him into a reservoir that he breaks his masquerade. Carol, desperate to get some excitement in her life, convinces Henry to pull a job with her. She starts casing banks and scoping out armored cars. When Wayne gets jealous of the time she's spending with Henry, he gets pulled into the deal--and a heist is underway. What makes Where the Money Is click isn't the fairly standard plot, it's the character details. Written in part by E. Max Frye--who wrote Something Wild (one of the best and most unappreciated movies of the 1980s)--the film consistently manages to give every character, no matter how small, something that makes them seem real. Though the pace starts out slow, and there are some not entirely convincing story elements, once the heist starts all this nuance pays off--every complication produces real tension because you've gotten to know Carol, Henry, and Wayne so well. Newman's effortless performance shows how he's stayed a star through five decades. --Bret Fetzer

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PG-13, 89 min.

Directed by: Marek Kanievska

Release Date: April 14, 2000

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DVD Release Date: December 19, 2000

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  • aswinwilliam
    December 26, 2008
    aswinwilliam
    Another very good heist movie and funny. I think the story was pretty good that wasn't long but enjoyable to watch. The acting was great by all 3 Newman, Linda Fio and Mulroney throughout the film. With characters were good too but no need about the nurse was former prom queen it...( read more) was like so what. Overall there wasn't enough action only made it interesting to watch was the planning of the heist (well bad thing to do in real life) and who or what will runaway with the money. Worth a watch.
  • chischilly13
    February 24, 2008
    chischilly13
    great movie, Paul Newman is awesome, Linda and Paul are great together.
  • msclockart
    May 19, 2007
    msclockart
    Like the plot. Some racy stuff, but doesn't blow the movie totally.
  • sugarlips241
    January 24, 2007
    sugarlips241
    i hate this money it so boring
  • MiioOo
    August 4, 2006
    MiioOo
    De tres Bonne arnaquee

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January 1, 2000
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

Where the Money Is has a preposterous plot, but it's not about a plot, it's about acting. full review

January 1, 2000
Roger Ebert, At the Movies

Where the Money Is has a preposterous plot, but it's not about a plot, it's about acting. full review

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