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Genre :

Adventure, Comedy, Crime

Release Date :

January 18, 2008

MPAA Rating :

PG-13

Director :

Callie Khouri

Starring :

Diane Keaton, Queen Latifah, Katie Holmes, Ted Danson, Roger R. Cross, Stephen Root, Adam Rothenberg, J.C. MacKenzie, Chris McDonald, Finesse Mitchell

REVIEWS RATE: Critics Readers [Rate It]

Review rate : C+

“..The results are moderately entertaining, but the humor is broad and shallow..”

by William Arnold [Seattle Post Intelligencer]

“..Glenn Gers's script is so unbelievable, slapdash, and idiotic in virtually every respect..”

by Nick Schager [Slant Magazine]

Review rate : C

“..fails to hit the stratosphere of giddy, intoxicating comedy..”

by Stephen Schaefer [Boston Herald]

“..bland remake of the popular 2001 made-for-British-TV movie HOT MONEY..”

by Ken Fox [TV Guide]

“..A likable and completely dispensable heist..”

by Carrie Rickey [Philadelphia Inquirer]

“..a comedy caper where the caper's not interesting and the comedy's not funny..”

by James Berardinelli [ReelViews]

“.."Mad Money" is a crowd-pleaser, but only if you're too easy to please..”

by Mack Bates [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]

Review rate : B-
Reviewed by Owen Gleiberman [Entertainment Weekly]

Reviewed by Sean O'Connell [Filmcritic.com]

Reviewed by Jan Stuart [Newsday]

Reviewed by Peter Howell [Toronto Star]

Reviewed by Rene Rodriguez [Miami Herald]

Reviewed by Kyle Smith [New York Post]

Reviewed by Carina Chocano [LA Times]

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