Only managing to come up with routine action, director Macdonald delivers few thrills, and the comedy doesn't last far beyond the first reel.
Mo' Money (1992)
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Reviews Counted:21
Fresh:3
Rotten:18
Average Rating:4/10
Runtime: 1 hr 37 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: Con man Johnny Stewart decides to go straight after being saved from a jail term by Lieutenant Ray Walsh, his dead father's former partner. Despite his lack of enthusiasm for finding a "real" job,... Con man Johnny Stewart decides to go straight after being saved from a jail term by Lieutenant Ray Walsh, his dead father's former partner. Despite his lack of enthusiasm for finding a "real" job, he applies for a position at the Dynasty Club Credit Card Company when he spies a beautiful woman on the street and discovers that she works there. He gets hired and pursues her, but he also gets more than he bargained for when he and his brother Seymour become involved in the investigation into an elaborate credit-card racket operating at the company. [More]
Starring: Damon Wayans, Marlon Wayans, Joe Santos, John Diehl
Starring: Damon Wayans, Marlon Wayans, Joe Santos, John Diehl, Stacey Dash, Harry J. Lennix, Mark Beltzman
Director: Peter MacDonald
Director: Peter MacDonald
Screenwriter: Damon Wayans
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Reviews for Mo' Money
Entertaining enough and funny enough, and cannily includes all the elements that entice popularity. But, perhaps after reaping the rewards for this film, Wayans will put his obvious talents toward a project that isn't about making more money.
Damon Wayans wrote Mo' Money as a star vehicle for himself and is credited as an executive producer. So, so it's safe to say he deserves the blame.
One of Damon Wayan's better offerings. An entertaining combination of action and laughs.
Damon and Marlon are at their best in the opening comic sequences, which allow their chemistry to operate, but their pacing is disrupted by the ensuing formulaic thrills.
The movie is described as an "action-comedy-romance," but it fails to work as any of the three.
Some of the humor in Mo' Money has a mean-spirited edge. And only in isolated moments is it as funny as its own title.
It's not that the all-too-familiar characters are not funny here (when they don't border on the offensive) but they only slow down the narrative.
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