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Where the Money Is (2000)

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Reviews Counted:73

Fresh:33

Rotten:40

Average Rating:5.3/10

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

Runtime: 89 mins

Genre: Comedies

Synopsis: Henry Manning has come up with a new way to break out of prison: fake a stroke and get transferred to a nursing home. It's a perfect plan, except for one thing: the woman assigned to take care of... Henry Manning has come up with a new way to break out of prison: fake a stroke and get transferred to a nursing home. It's a perfect plan, except for one thing: the woman assigned to take care of him at the nursing home, Carol Ann McKay, has a plan of her own.

Screen legend Paul Newman stars as Henry, and Linda Fiorentino stars as Carol, in Where the Money Is, a spirited new caper movie. Dermot Mulroney plays Carol's husband Wayne.

When the prison guards deliver Henry to the nursing home, Carol is immediately intrigued. After all, he was a famous bank robber; his life had all the mystery and fun that hers lacks. She hungers for excitement: she is bored with her job, her glory days as prom queen are long past, and Wayne (her onetime prom king) just marks time on his night-shift job.

While Henry seems feeble and helpless, Carol suspects otherwise. Still, she can't quite prove that he's playing possum. She gets more and more frustrated until finally she goes to some very outrageous lengths to smoke him out. It's not that she wants to turn him in. Instead, she asks him if he might do her a favor in return for her silence: teach her his old line of work, and then join her and her husband Wayne in a robbery of their own. But Henry has long since learned not to let his guard down, even for a minute. Especially when it comes to finding Where the Money Is…

Gramercy Pictures presents, in association with Intermedia Films and Pacifica Film Distribution, A Scott Free/IMF Production. A Film by Marek Kanievska. Paul Newman, Linda Fiorentino, Dermot Mulroney. Where the Money Is. Casting by Randi Hiller, C.S.A. Music by Mark Isham. Costume Designer, Francesca Chamberland. Edited by Sam Craven, Garth Craven, Dan Lebental. Production Designer, Andre Chamberland. Director of Photography, Thomas Burstyn, C.S.C. Co-Producer, Beau E. L. Marks. Executive Producers, Tony Scott, Guy East, Nigel Sinclair, Chris Sievernich, Moritz Borman. Produced by Ridley Scott, Charles Weinstock, Chris Zarpas, Christopher Dorr. Story by E. Max Frye. Screenplay by E. Max Frye and Topper Lilien & Carroll Cartwright. Directed by Marek Kanievska. [More]

Starring: Paul Newman, Linda Fiorentino, Dermot Mulroney, Susan Barnes

Starring: Paul Newman, Linda Fiorentino, Dermot Mulroney, Susan Barnes, Anne Pitoniak, Bruce MacVittie, Irma St. Paul, Michel Perron, Dorothy Gordon, Rita Tucket, Diane Amos, Dawn Ford, T.J. Kenneally, Roderick McLachlan, Bill Corday, Gordon McCall, Robert Brewster, Eric Hoziel

Director: Marek Kanievska

Director: Marek Kanievska
Screenwriter: E. Max Frye, Topper Lilien, Carroll Cartwright
Story: E. Max Frye
Producer: Ridley Scott, Charles Weinstock, Chris Zarpas
Composer: Mark Isham

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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.

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Lisa Schwarzbaum
Lisa Schwarzbaum
Entertainment Weekly
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Where The Money Is is quick and entertaining, with plenty of breezy dialogue and performances that really up the ante.

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Liz Braun
Liz Braun
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Not remotely in the same league with Newman's last caper film, The Sting. But then, it doesn't need to be.

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Lou Lumenick
Lou Lumenick
New York Post
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There's a caper and there are some laughs, but this isn't a larky caper flick.

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Maitland McDonagh
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Marc Savlov
Marc Savlov
Austin Chronicle

With its plodding blend of heist humor and geriatric guffaws, this insipid crime caper wastes the talents of screen legend Paul Newman and one-time up-and-comer Linda Fiorentino.

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Mary Kalin-Casey
Mary Kalin-Casey
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MaryAnn Johanson
MaryAnn Johanson
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Maybe Newman's relaxation in front of the camera was just so infectious that everyone behind the camera felt the urge to work in a lower gear.

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Michael Dequina
Michael Dequina
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Michael Thomson
Michael Thomson
BBC

Many actors retain their talents into their 70s and beyond, but not too many could convince us that, at that age, they could rob a town blind -- and swipe the leading lady to boot.

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Michael Wilmington
Michael Wilmington
Chicago Tribune
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The script lets us down by conveniently skipping a few steps.

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Nell Minow
Nell Minow
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Peter Rainer
Peter Rainer
New York Magazine
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A forced, implausible flick that loses its energy as it tries to gain momentum.

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Peter Stack
Peter Stack
San Francisco Chronicle
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There's real pleasure in discovering Where the Money Is, thanks to a silver fox named Paul Newman.

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Philip Wuntch
Philip Wuntch
Dallas Morning News
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The heist sequence is an almost mellow affair, and the sexual content is likewise unlikely to induce any heart attacks among Newman's age demographic.

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Randall King
Randall King
Winnipeg Sun

Unrelentingly dull.

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Rene Rodriguez
Rene Rodriguez
Miami Herald

Paul Newman's co-star never really interacts with him -- and their marriage is seriously underwritten, a fatal weakness toward the end.

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Richard T. Jameson
Richard T. Jameson
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It's charismatic, sharp and lively.

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Rob Blackwelder
Rob Blackwelder
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Catch it on cable sometime, and enjoy.

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Robert Horton
Robert Horton
Film.com
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Where the Money Is has a preposterous plot, but it's not about a plot, it's about acting.

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