Money for Nothing

Money for Nothing

What would you do if you found a million bucks?

Rating

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Release Date

9/10/1993

Runtime

100 mins

Overview

When unemployed dockworker Joey Coyle finds $1.2 million that fell off of an armored car, he decides to do the logical thing: take the money and run. After all, he says, finders keepers. He turns to his ex-girlfriend Monica, who works in an investment firm, for advice, before turning to the mob for help laundering the money. While Joey makes plans to leave the country, however, a detective is following his ever-warmer trail in order to recover the cash.

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$11,000,000

Revenue

$1,044,824

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An ordinary man's impulsive decision to keep found money spirals into a darkly comic cat-and-mouse game with the law, catching you between rooting for his escape and watching him unravel. It's a character study wrapped in a true-crime thriller that finds dark humor in desperation.

Mood

AbsurdTenseBittersweet

Themes

CrimeAmbitionCorruptionComing apart

Tone

Ironic

Pacing

Brisk

Look

NaturalisticDocumentary-like

Structure

Linear

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