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Funny Money

2006 · 98 min

A frantic farce that keeps doors slamming and lies piling up, more silly than sharp, easy to watch but rarely truly funny.

Directed by
Leslie Greif
Genres
Comedy, Crime
Starring
Chevy Chase, Penelope Ann Miller, Armand Assante
Tagline
Henry Perkins accidentally trades briefcases with another man, to find out that there's five million dollars inside...
Overview
Henry Perkins, a mild-mannered accountant, accidentally trades briefcases with another man, to find out that there's a million dollars inside. Henry tells his unsuspecting wife of their new-found fortune, but she doesn't embrace it as well as he does. Soon they're joined by their best friends, a cop on the take, a cop on the hunt, and the dreaded Mr. Big, who has come to claim his money.

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  • Amazon Prime Video
More options Data from JustWatch
Directed by
Leslie Greif
Genres
Comedy, Crime
Starring
Chevy Chase, Penelope Ann Miller, Armand Assante
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Tone
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • greed
  • crime
  • deception
  • betrayal
  • family
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror0
Humour7
Realism5
Romance3
Tension5
Darkness3
Complexity4
Emotional weight2

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Details

Genres
comedy, crime
Directed by
Leslie Greif
Starring
Chevy Chase, Penelope Ann Miller, Armand Assante, Christopher McDonald, Robert Loggia, Guy Torry, Alex Meneses, Kevin Sussman
Music
Andrea Morricone
Cinematography
Wilmer Butler
Runtime
98 min
Country
Germany, Romania, United States of America
Languages
English

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