Whats not to believe? A lot. But asking for bolted logic and dramatic structure in such a movie is about like asking former Fed chief Alan Greenspan to open a mosh pit in Miami. Anyway, the money in the bank here is Keaton. Whenever theres buy dvd movies stunt-movie casting with divergent generations of Hollywood stars, theres bound to be trouble at the multiplex. How about a little creativity, like maybe wadding up and flushing the bills down the toilet, to be picked up later in the sewer? The movie makes robbing the Fed look about as tough as finding an episode of Full House on TV. Everyone in the cast treads water, acting-wise — theres nothing else to do — except for Latifah, who brings passion to her work. This is an odd, disposable movie it melts away as you leave the theater, leaving nothing but vague dissatisfaction behind. Mad Money> proves both fresh and funny and, in an odd way, uplifting in its moral ambiguity.
May 22