Funny Money

R

2006

1h 38m

Comedy

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43%

7 Reviews

Tomatometer

29%

1,000+ Ratings

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Mild-mannered accountant Henry (Chevy Chase) mistakenly trades his briefcase with a man only to discover a million dollars inside. The money draws their best friends, a crooked cop, a good cop, and the dangerous Mr. Big (Zoltan Butuc) who wants to reclaim his money.

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I stopped 15 minutes in. The over acting, mugging for the camera, cutesy music. It was going nowhere fast

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

02/03/23

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2007 release (made in 2005): A worker at a wax fruit production plant runs into $5 million when he accidentally switches briefcases with another subway patron. He wants to quit his job and leave the country with his wife, but she isn't so impulsive. A surprise birthday is happening the same night at their home. Several characters populate their home, including a blackmailing undercover cop, another cop investigating the murder of the original possessor of the loaded briefcase, a wannabe comic taxi driver, the wax fruit plant boss, and others, including the actual owners of the $5M. A decent movie concept gives louder and shriller as it goes on, to the point of not caring about anyone. This is brutal. Goes from mildly funny to obnoxious real quickly. Penelope Ann Miller's character (the wife) is eventually unbearable. This plot apparently came from a stage play, hope it worked better there. Sad, because most of the cast is game for this kind of movie. Stars: Chevy Chase, Penelope Ann Miller, Armand Assante, Robert Loggia, Christopher McDonald, and Alex Meneses.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

01/12/23

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Try as he might, Chevy Chase will never make a movie worse than Nothing But Trouble.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/23/23

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This is quite possibly my favorite Chevy Chase movie. Yes I'm including Three Amigo's, and Christmas Vacation, among others.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/15/23

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Chevy is good in this..the rest of the movie isn't. Funny Money feels like a crappy play similar to Noises Off. I didn't even finish this as I cant stand play banter.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/13/23

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But the point the most people seem to be missing is that this film is an adaptation of a farcical play written by (British Playwright) Ray Cooney and as such any attempt to dissect the plot is akin to dissecting the plot of an absurdist play (see "Rhinoceros" - starring Gene Wilder and Zero Mostel) - there is no point. I think it is a reasonably good comedy, but sadly forgettable.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/04/23

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Leslie Greif

Director

Chevy Chase

Henry

Penelope Ann Miller

Carol Perkins

Armand Assante

Genero

Zoltan Butuc

Mr. Big

Christopher McDonald

Vic

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Michael Ordoña

Los Angeles Times

Any movie that starts in a wax-fruit factory can't be all bad.

Rated: 2.5/5

Jan 26, 2007

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Chuck O'Leary

FulvueDrive-in.com

An old-fashioned screwball farce with a few amusing moments, just not enough of them.

Rated: 4/10

Apr 27, 2007

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Kevin Carr

7M Pictures

I can imagine how this script played funny on stage, given the right cast. However, it just never seems to work on the movie (or rather television) screen.

Rated: 1.5/5

Apr 13, 2007

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David Cornelius

eFilmCritic.com

Welcome, Mr. Chase, to the absolute bottom of your career.

Rated: 1/5

Apr 8, 2007

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Jim Hemphill

Reel.com

Perfectly serviceable middle of the road comedy.

Rated: 2.5/4

Jan 26, 2007

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Bob Strauss

Los Angeles Daily News

The cast is uniformly pretty terrible, playing what are already broad situations over the top.

Rated: 1/4

Jan 26, 2007

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Synopsis

Mild-mannered accountant Henry (Chevy Chase) mistakenly trades his briefcase with a man only to discover a million dollars inside. The money draws their best friends, a crooked cop, a good cop, and the dangerous Mr. Big (Zoltan Butuc) who wants to reclaim his money.

Director: Leslie Greif
Producer: Harry Basil, Ray Cooney, Jeff Franklin, Barbara Kearney, Philip von Alvensleben
Screenwriter: Harry Basil, Leslie Greif
Production Co: Thinkfactory Media, Tobebo Filmproduktions, FWE Picture Company, Castel Film Romania
Rating: R (Sex-Related Humor|Some Language)
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 3, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA): $1.8K
Runtime: 1h 38m

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