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Is it the "age" thing? Is it because she has a crumby manager? Or is
she letting a teenage niece pick her product? Whatever the case,
somethings gotta give (hmmm… now that wasn't a bad effort Diane… more
of those please?!).
Keaton
continues her reign as the
newly-crowned queen of "Should-have-gone-direct-to-DVD" (this bombed in
the USA and didn't even warrant an Aussie release in cinemas) with Mad Money.
It is an incongruously cheap-sounding (didn't Chevy Chase do something with a similar title? Oh yes, Funny Money
- and no, it wasn’t… funny) comedy about a middle-aged woman, in debt
up to her turtle neck (though granted, Keaton actually reveals her
neck in this one!) who convinces her work pals at the Reserve Bank to
snatch some cash.
The silver-haired cleaner doesn't see any harm in it - after all, the cash they are planning to steal is headed for the scrap
heap. They might as well make use out of it.
Though much more tolerable than her two-hander with Mandy Moore, Mad Money
is still another weak addition to the otherwise solid Keaton CV. Not to
say Keaton is terrible in it, she's not, its just that she has just got nothing to work
with.
The same can be said of Latifah, Danson (playing Mr Keaton) and Holmes –
they are all quite good in this, but again, their characters are about as
two-dimensional as an Aristocat.
Come on Diane, Michael Keaton
didn't take your surname because it was "funky" – he took it because he
was proud to honour you. Do him proud… again.
DVD EXTRAS with Sean Lynch
There is no real surprise that there has been little to no effort
put into the Extras department here. Surely at the time of filming,
producers would have commisioned a few Behind-The-Scenes features with
such a great cast.
However, all that seems to have turned up is a Directors Commentary.
Perhaps it works out cheaper not to have to pay the licensing rights to the makers of the mini-featurettes.
Not a complete waste of time - but you are likely to find something better on the shelf.
Conclusion:
Movie 65% Extras: 20%
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