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Where the Money Is

Where the Money Is

Comedy · Crime · Drama · 2000

Henry Manning has come up with a new way to break out of prison: fake a stroke and get transferred to a nursing home. It's a perfect plan, except for one thing: the woman assigned to take care of him at the nursing home, Carol Ann McKay, has a plan of her own.

Movie details

Where the Money Is

“Another con. Another sting. Another day.”

2000 Comedy · Crime · Drama 1h 29m

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6.0 / 10

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Henry Manning has come up with a new way to break out of prison: fake a stroke and get transferred to a nursing home. It's a perfect plan, except for one thing: the woman assigned to take care of him at the nursing home, Carol Ann McKay, has a plan of her own.

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Directed by

Marek Kanievska

Written by

E. Max Frye · Topper Lilien · Carroll Cartwright

Paul Newman

Paul Newman

Henry

Linda Fiorentino

Linda Fiorentino

Carol

Dermot Mulroney

Dermot Mulroney

Wayne

Susan Barnes

Susan Barnes

Mrs. Foster

Anne Pitoniak

Anne Pitoniak

Mrs. Tetlow

Bruce MacVittie

Bruce MacVittie

Karl

Irma St. Paule

Irma St. Paule

Mrs. Galer

Court is in session

Put Where the Money Is on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Adrenaline Seeker

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.