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Where the Money Is (2000)

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Average Rating: 5.3/10
Reviews Counted: 76
Fresh: 35 | Rotten: 41

The acting in Where the Money Is is excellent. However, the movie feels like a made-for-TV movie that's plain and forgettable.

Average Rating: 5.6/10
Critic Reviews: 19
Fresh: 10 | Rotten: 9

The acting in Where the Money Is is excellent. However, the movie feels like a made-for-TV movie that's plain and forgettable.

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An ailing criminal and his excitement-starved nurse decide to knock over a bank for fun and profit in this comic suspense story. Legendary bank robber Henry Manning (Paul Newman) pushes his luck too far and ends up in prison, where he suffers a massive stroke. He is transferred to a nursing home, in the care of Carol Ann McKay (Linda Fiorentino), a high school prom queen who married her boyfriend Wayne (Dermot Mulroney), the star of her school's football team, and whose glamour days are well

PG-13, 1 hr. 28 min.

Drama, Mystery & Suspense, Comedy

Directed By: Marek Kanievska

Written By: E. Max Frye, Topper Lilien, Carroll Cartwright

In Theaters: Apr 14, 2000 Wide

On DVD: Dec 19, 2000

USA Home Entertainment

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Cast

Paul Newman
Henry Manning
Linda Fiorentino
Carol Ann McKay
Dermot Mulroney
Wayne McKay
Robert Brewster
Guy #1
Susan Barnes
Mrs. Foster
Michael Brockman
FBI Agent
Anne Pitoniak
Mrs. Tetlow
Bill Corday
Grounds Worker
Bruce MacVittie
Karl
Charles S. Doucet
Tom
Jayne Eastwood
Connie
Irma St. Paule
Mrs. Galer
Michel Perron
Guard
Frankie Faison
security guard
Dorothy Gordon
Mrs. Norton
Rita Tuckett
Mrs. Weiler
Frank Fontaine
Cop
Diane Amos
Kitty
Dawn Ford
Cheryl (Wife #2)
T.J. Kenneally
Farwell Welk
Heather Hiscox
TV Announcer
Rod McLachlan
Lloyd the Cop
Arthur Holden
Bob
Eric Hoziel
Guy #2
Richard Jutras
Manager
Gordon McCall
Handyman
Philip Pretten
Cop #2
Janine Theriault
Girl #1
Vlasta Vrana
Jewelry Store Employmen...
Emily Wachtel
Waitress

Critic Reviews for Where the Money Is

All Critics (94) | Top Critics (26) | Fresh (35) | Rotten (41) | DVD (7)

Age has pared Paul Newman's fine features to a sketch; it's also honed his huge movie appeal to such basics that he can pretty much maintain our attention while in a coma.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Entertainment Weekly

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Lisa Schwarzbaum

Entertainment Weekly

Top Critic

Catch it on cable sometime, and enjoy.

January 1, 2000 Comment

Robert Horton

Film.com

Top Critic

Sadly, the subtext and context of Money is that everyone's better days are a distant memory.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: New York Times

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Elvis Mitchell

New York Times

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Paul Newman's charismatic performance elevates this hodgepodge of a picture, but it is not enough.

June 19, 2011 Full Review Source: EmanuelLevy.Com

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Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com Source: EmanuelLevy.Com

Decent movie that pushes the PG-13 envelope.

December 29, 2010 Full Review Source: Common Sense Media

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Nell Minow

Common Sense Media

The money of the film's title should refer to Paul Newman, because the actor's presence elevates this routine caper into a pleasantly bankable diversion.

November 12, 2002 Full Review Source: Pitch.com

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Jon Niccum

Pitch.com

Newman and Fiorentino steal cash -- and scenes -- in amiable heist comedy.

November 7, 2002 Full Review Source: Netflix

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James Rocchi

Netflix

A sly, smooth, extremely enjoyable caper... full of scenes you want to get lost in.

September 4, 2002 Full Review Source: Entertainment Today

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Brent Simon

Entertainment Today

For all the film's jauntiness (actually, because of it), it merely depresses.

June 18, 2002 Full Review Source: Film Journal International

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Eric Monder

Film Journal International

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:rotten: The only thing I can think of after watching such a bad film is, " Why did Paul Newman accept to act in this crap?" Everything (except Paul Newman) looks amateurish, the main problems I found in the movie are a bad story that never should have been filmed, an awful screenplay full of clitches, a pretty low

December 7, 2008