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Movie Info

An out-of-work Philadelphia longshoreman (John Cusack) tries to spend $1.2 million found fallen from a truck.

Rating:

R
Genre:

drama
Original Language:

English
Director:

Ramon Menendez
Release Date (Streaming):

Mar 1, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA):

$917.6K
Runtime:

1h 40m
Production Co:

Permut Presentations, Hollywood Pictures
Sound Mix:

Stereo, Surround

Cast & Crew

John Cusack
Joey Coyle

Debi Mazar
Monica Russo

Michael Madsen
Detective Laurenzi

Benicio Del Toro
Dino Palladino

Michael Rapaport
Kenny Kozlowski

Maury Chaykin
Vincente Goldoni

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Critic Reviews for Money for Nothing

All Critics (5) | Top Critics (1) | Fresh (1) | Rotten (4)

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January 1, 2000 | Rating: 2/4

James Berardinelli
ReelViews
The problem here is that Menendez keeps steering this story into slapstick, when it's really quite tragic.

March 2, 2021 | Full Review…

Jonah Koslofsky
The Spool
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August 17, 2005 | Rating: 2/5

Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com
Cusack saves the fairly pedestrian material.

July 25, 2002 | Rating: 3/5

Scott Weinberg
eFilmCritic.com
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January 1, 2000 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review…

Steve Rhodes
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