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Easy Money

1983 · 95 min

A loose, joke-a-minute comedy that coasts on its star's grumpy charm and a string of silly setbacks.

Tagline
No cheating! No gambling! No booze! No smoking! No pizza! No nothin'!
Overview
To inherit his mother-in-law's colossal fortune, a hard living gambling addict must change his unhealthy ways before it gets the best of him.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • lightstrength 3 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
  • warmstrength 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
  • family
  • class
  • addiction
  • greed
  • redemption
Places
  • big city
  • suburbs
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour8
Realism6
Romance3
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity2
Emotional weight3

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Details

Genres
comedy
Directed by
James Signorelli
Written by
Dennis Blair, Rodney Dangerfield, Michael Endler, P. J. O'Rourke
Starring
Rodney Dangerfield, Joe Pesci, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Candice Azzara, Val Avery, Tom Noonan, Taylor Negron, Lili Haydn
Music
Laurence Rosenthal
Cinematography
Fred Schuler
Runtime
95 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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