
Mad Money (2008) on Netflix
PG-1320081h 44mComedyCrimeThriller
Bridget Cardigan takes a janitor job at the Federal Reserve Bank in Kansas City, where worn-out bills are shredded. She recruits coworkers Nina Brewster and Jackie Truman to help her steal them.
- Netflix3.4/5
- IMDb5.9/1024,537 votes
- Rotten Tomatoes22%
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Plot summary
Don and Bridget Cardigan's upper middle class lifestyle is threatened since Don, who has been out of work for a year, seems to have given up looking for a job, and housewife Bridget has been out of the workforce for most of her life. They are close to $300,000 in debt. Finding out this information, Bridget comes to the conclusion that she needs to get a job - any job - that at least provides them with some benefits. She reluctantly takes a job as a janitor at the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City. Almost immediately, Bridget is enthralled with all the old worn out money that is being shredded. She comes up with a plan to get her old lifestyle back by stealing much of that money, which she believes is an easy job since the locks used on the money carts are standard equipment and as she notices that no one ever checks the garbage as she goes about her work. Her plan needs the cooperation of one person who works the shredder and one person who pushes the carts of money. The two people she co-opts are single mom Nina Brewster and diabetic, trailer living and constant music listening Jackie Truman. Jackie is easy to convince, but Nina is only convinced when Bridget brings it to her attention that the money would allow her to provide a better education to her two bright sons. Nina vows to kill Bridget if she ever loses her children because of this scheme.
Cast
Diane Keatonas Bridget Cardigan
Queen Latifahas Nina Brewster
Katie Holmesas Jackie Truman
Ted Dansonas Don Cardigan
Adam Rothenbergas Bob Truman
Roger R. Crossas Barry (as Roger Cross)
Stephen Rootas Glover
J.C. MacKenzieas Richard Mandelbrot
Christopher McDonaldas Bryce Arbogast (as Chris McDonald)
Meagen Fayas Mindy Arbogast
Finesse Mitchellas Shaun
- Mathew Greeras Junior
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Mad Money (2008)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- The film remakes Hot Money (2001), a UK television film produced by Granada Television that was based on the true story of three women who worked at the Bank of England and planned to steal thousands of pounds of banknotes due to be destroyed at the bank's incinerating plant in Essex.
- Khouri and Cohen worked for five years to bring a deliberately Americanized version of Hot Money to the screen using various writers. Diane Keaton and Queen Latifah were attached early on, and writers began designing the characters specifically around the two actresses.
- By the end of its opening weekend Mad Money had slipped to seventh place with a take of $7.7 million, averaging what Gitesh Pandya called "a not-so-impressive $3,126" per theater. amNewYork called the opening "a big flop at the box office".
























