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Where the Money Is

  • 2000
  • PG-13
  • 1h 29m
IMDb RATING
6.3/10
6.3K
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Paul Newman, Linda Fiorentino, and Dermot Mulroney in Where the Money Is (2000)
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Old bank robber Henry, paralyzed from a stroke, is moved from a prison hospital to a retirement home, where Carol is a nurse. She doesn't believe he's paralyzed and sees him as a way out of ... Read allOld bank robber Henry, paralyzed from a stroke, is moved from a prison hospital to a retirement home, where Carol is a nurse. She doesn't believe he's paralyzed and sees him as a way out of her boring life.Old bank robber Henry, paralyzed from a stroke, is moved from a prison hospital to a retirement home, where Carol is a nurse. She doesn't believe he's paralyzed and sees him as a way out of her boring life.

  • Director
    • Marek Kanievska
  • Writers
    • E. Max Frye
    • Topper Lilien
    • Carroll Cartwright
  • Stars
    • Paul Newman
    • Linda Fiorentino
    • Dermot Mulroney
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.3/10
    6.3K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Marek Kanievska
    • Writers
      • E. Max Frye
      • Topper Lilien
      • Carroll Cartwright
    • Stars
      • Paul Newman
      • Linda Fiorentino
      • Dermot Mulroney
    • 72User reviews
    • 66Critic reviews
    • 49Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
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    Paul Newman and Linda Fiorentino in Where the Money Is (2000)
    Paul Newman and Linda Fiorentino in Where the Money Is (2000)
    Paul Newman in Where the Money Is (2000)
    Paul Newman and Linda Fiorentino in Where the Money Is (2000)
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    Paul Newman and Linda Fiorentino in Where the Money Is (2000)
    Paul Newman and Linda Fiorentino in Where the Money Is (2000)
    Linda Fiorentino in Where the Money Is (2000)
    Paul Newman in Where the Money Is (2000)
    Where the Money Is (2000)
    Paul Newman in Where the Money Is (2000)

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    Paul Newman
    Paul Newman
    • Henry
    Linda Fiorentino
    Linda Fiorentino
    • Carol
    Dermot Mulroney
    Dermot Mulroney
    • Wayne
    Susan Barnes
    • Mrs. Foster
    Anne Pitoniak
    • Mrs. Tetlow
    Bruce MacVittie
    • Karl
    Irma St. Paule
    Irma St. Paule
    • Mrs. Galer
    • (as Irma St. Paul)
    Michel Perron
    Michel Perron
    • Guard
    Dorothy Gordon
    Dorothy Gordon
    • Mrs. Norton
    Rita Tuckett
    • Mrs. Weiler
    • (as Rita Tucket)
    Diane Amos
    • Kitty
    Dawn Ford
    Dawn Ford
    • Cheryl - Wife #2
    T.J. Kenneally
    T.J. Kenneally
    • Farwell Welk
    Rod McLachlan
    Rod McLachlan
    • Lloyd the Cop
    • (as Roderick McLachlan)
    Bill Corday
    • Grounds Worker
    Gordon McCall
    • Handyman
    Robert Brewster
    • Guy #1
    Eric Hoziel
    Eric Hoziel
    • Guy #2
    • Director
      • Marek Kanievska
    • Writers
      • E. Max Frye
      • Topper Lilien
      • Carroll Cartwright
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Paul Newman's final starring role in a film. His remaining film work would be in supporting roles and voice-overs.
    • Goofs
      While the talk is about toaster ovens, the bank offers toasters only - the billboards clearly show a toaster and the description is 'toaster', not 'toaster oven'.
    • Quotes

      Henry Manning: Honey, I'm playing brain dead, not brain damaged.

    • Connections
      Referenced in Eisai to tairi mou!: Episode #1.1 (2001)
    • Soundtracks
      You Might Think
      Performed by The Cars

      Written by Ric Ocasek

      Courtesy of Elektra Entertainment Group

      By Arrangement with Warner Special Products

    User reviews72

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    a small scale gem
    For admirers of quality movies, one of the greatest sources of frustration has always been the inverse ration that exists between movies that are good and movies that make money. The essential rule of thumb is that, with few exceptions, the larger a film's budget happens to be, the less likely that that film will have anything new or original to say. The corollary principle is that, given the choice between patronizing a film that is original, complex and meaningful and one that is derivative, simpleminded and thematically empty, the mass audience will go with the latter type every time. Driven by the need for profits, large studios are then forced to cater to this `lowest common denominator' mentality. The result is that wonderful little films are almost invariably squeezed out of the marketplace, left to languish in obscure art houses scattered in a few major cities, while bloated, mindless multi-million dollar monstrosities fill sprawling megaplexes found in cities, suburbs and rural areas stretching literally from coast to coast.

    How many people, for instance, have even heard of, let alone seen, `Where the Money Is'? Yet here is a film dedicated to the spirit of pure fun, a lighthearted black comedy that is blessedly free of the hardboiled cynicism and explicit violence that plague so many such films. The film hooks the audience from the very start with the originality of its plot and setting. Set in a small Oregon town (though the film was, rather inexplicably, filmed in the environs of Montreal), the movie stars the superb Linda Fiorentino and Dermot Mulroney as long time high school sweethearts who have married right after graduation, found their comfortable little niche in the small world they inhabit and now begun to take each other for granted. (The opening scene introduces us to them as they are roadhousing around on prom night in his prize Mustang, the one symbol of a rebellious youth that he still clings to all these years later). It is at her job – as a nurse at a local convalescent hospital – that a measure of excitement reenters their humdrum lives and relights the long dormant spark of adventure that she, in particular, has been missing. This novelty comes in the form of an aging bank robber (Paul Newman) who has apparently suffered a stroke and is sent to the rest home due to overcrowding at the prison hospital.

    The early scenes of the film are wickedly funny as Fiorentino, suspicious that her new patient may just be faking it, plays a clever little game of cat-and-mouse to try to catch him in his impressive charade. Suddenly, having achieved her goal, she is not quite so sure who is really the cat and who the mouse.

    To say more about the plot would really do a disservice to this film, which manages to keep us intrigued by the unpredictability of its most unusual setup. Fiorentino and Mulroney are thoroughly believable as a couple of once-edgy youngsters grown into responsible, comfortable but slightly restless adults. She, in particular, finds herself stifled by the humdrum quality of both their life and their marriage together. Mulroney, on the other hand, seems to have pretty much lost that desire for living on the edge, yet, for her sake and, perhaps, for the sake of that tiny spark for adventure that still lives unquenched somewhere deep inside him, he is willing to meet her halfway – even if a bit reluctantly – on the field of lawlessness. Newman, as the expert bank robber who stumbles unexpectedly into their lives, provides the perfect catalyst for renewed adventure.

    The amazing thing about `Where the Money Is' is that, thanks to its writers, Max Frye, Topper Lilien and Carroll Cartwright, and the director, Marek Kanievska, the film never ends up taking itself too seriously. It always knows that its prime purpose is to give the audience a fun time. This it does with the help of its three dazzling stars, who seem to be having the time of their professional lives (Fiorentino is especially wonderful). It sure must be infectious, because we, in the audience, have a pretty damn good time watching them.
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    • Buddy-51
    • May 27, 2001

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • April 14, 2000 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • Germany
      • United States
      • United Kingdom
      • Canada
    • Official sites
      • DNA Studio
      • Showbizz.net [fr] (Canada)
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Lukten av pengar
    • Filming locations
      • Canada
    • Production companies
      • Gramercy Pictures (I)
      • IMF Internationale Medien und Film GmbH & Co. Produktions KG
      • Intermedia Films
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $28,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $5,661,798
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $2,513,530
      • Apr 16, 2000
    • Gross worldwide
      • $7,450,414
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 29 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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