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Free Money

1998 · 93 min

A chaotic black comedy that lurches from absurd to menacing, with a cartoonish villain and a madcap heist.

Directed by
Yves Simoneau
Genres
Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Tagline
Right scheme, wrong guys!
Overview
A deranged prison warden with a nasty habit of killing escapees forces the boyfriends of his teenage twin daughters into a shotgun wedding, after they claim to be pregnant. All hope seems lost, until the husbands hatch a madcap plan to rob a money train to freedom.

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Directed by
Yves Simoneau
Genres
Comedy, Crime, Thriller
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Tone
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • campystrength 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
  • crime
  • corruption
  • family
  • power
  • betrayal
Places
  • small town
  • prison
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror2
Humour7
Realism5
Romance2
Tension4
Darkness6
Complexity4
Emotional weight3

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Genres
comedy, crime, thriller
Directed by
Yves Simoneau
Written by
Joseph Brutsman, Tony Peck
Starring
Marlon Brando, Donald Sutherland, Charlie Sheen, Thomas Haden Church, Mira Sorvino, Martin Sheen, David Arquette, Jean-Pierre Bergeron
Music
Mark Isham
Cinematography
David Franco
Runtime
93 min
Country
Canada
Languages
English

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