Official Movie Website Theatrical Release 01/18/07 Home Video Not Available MPAA Rating Rated PG-13 for sexual material and language, and brief drug references Running Time 1 hour 44 minutes Genre Drama, Crime, Comedy Director Callie Khouri Writer Glenn Gers, Callie Khouri Cast Diane Keaton Queen Latifah Katie Holmes Ted Danson Studio Overture Films |
MAD MONEY (2008)
SYNOPSIS
Academy Award® winner Diane Keaton (Something’
s Gotta Give), Oscar® nominee Queen Latifah
(Chicago) and Katie Holmes (Thank You for
Smoking) star in Mad Money, a comedy about three
ordinary women who form an unlikely friendship and
decide to do something extraordinary—rob one of
the most secure banks in the world. Mad Money is
directed by Academy Award® winner Callie Khouri
(screenwriter of Thelma and Louise, director of
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood), from a
script by Glen Gers (Fracture).
Bridget Cardigan (Diane Keaton) is shocked to learn
that she is on the verge of losing her home and
comfortable upper middle class lifestyle when her
husband Don (Ted Danson) is downsized from his
job. Armed only with a decades old English degree
and years as a dedicated mother and corporate
wife, Bridget is forced into the unfamiliar labor
market with no job skills. Finally, she accepts the
only position she can find— janitor at the Federal
Reserve Bank.
The one-time suburban mom soon discovers she
has more in common with her new co-workers than
she thought. Bridget forges an unexpected bond
with Nina (Queen Latifah), a hard-working single
Academy Award® winner Diane Keaton (Something’
s Gotta Give), Oscar® nominee Queen Latifah
(Chicago) and Katie Holmes (Thank You for
Smoking) star in Mad Money, a comedy about three
ordinary women who form an unlikely friendship and
decide to do something extraordinary—rob one of
the most secure banks in the world. Mad Money is
directed by Academy Award® winner Callie Khouri
(screenwriter of Thelma and Louise, director of
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood), from a
script by Glen Gers (Fracture).
Bridget Cardigan (Diane Keaton) is shocked to learn
that she is on the verge of losing her home and
comfortable upper middle class lifestyle when her
husband Don (Ted Danson) is downsized from his
job. Armed only with a decades old English degree
and years as a dedicated mother and corporate
wife, Bridget is forced into the unfamiliar labor
market with no job skills. Finally, she accepts the
only position she can find— janitor at the Federal
Reserve Bank.
The one-time suburban mom soon discovers she
has more in common with her new co-workers than
she thought. Bridget forges an unexpected bond
with Nina (Queen Latifah), a hard-working single
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mom with two kids to raise, and Jackie (Katie Holmes), an exuberant free spirit with nothing to lose.
Caught up in a system that underestimates their talents and keeps their dreams just out of reach,
Bridget, Nina and Jackie set out to even the score.
After a lifetime of playing by the rules, the three devise a plan to smuggle soon-to-be destroyed currency
out of the supposedly airtight Reserve. As the unlikely crime syndicate amasses piles of cash, it looks
like they have pulled off the perfect crime—until a minor misstep alerts the authorities. With more money
than they know what to do with, the women are pushed to the limits of their ingenuity to stay one step
ahead of the law! --© Overture Films
Caught up in a system that underestimates their talents and keeps their dreams just out of reach,
Bridget, Nina and Jackie set out to even the score.
After a lifetime of playing by the rules, the three devise a plan to smuggle soon-to-be destroyed currency
out of the supposedly airtight Reserve. As the unlikely crime syndicate amasses piles of cash, it looks
like they have pulled off the perfect crime—until a minor misstep alerts the authorities. With more money
than they know what to do with, the women are pushed to the limits of their ingenuity to stay one step
ahead of the law! --© Overture Films