Rating of
2.5/4
Disengage Brain....it's entertaining enough!
MovieAddict - wrote on 04/06/12
Sit back, relax and enjoy the ride!! This is a hysterical comedy crime caper about a trio of dames who plan on stealing the Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank blind.
Diane Keaton plays Bridget, an upper-middle class housewife whose husband (Ted Danson) loses his high paying job and they're left saddled with huge debts. So when he tells her they need to start downsizing she looks for a job to try to make ends meet. With little skills and having not worked in years, the only job opening she is able to find is the janitor at a Federal Reserve Bank. As she watches the shredding of worn out currency day in and day out, she concocts a scheme to get rich quick.
To accomplish her goal, she enlists the aid of two of the women who work there who are also having trouble making ends meet. Queen Latifah plays Nina, the shredder, a down on her luck single mother willing to do anything to make a better life for her kids while Katie Holmes plays Jackie, the carrier and dizzy free-spirit who is in it just for the kicks. As everything goes according to plan they start smuggling out hoards of cash and before long they have everything they could want…except for more. As they keep taking more, their actions catch the eye of the IRS, and their perfect plan starts spiraling out of control.
Although predictable, this movie is entertaining for most of the time!
