Where the Money Is

2000 Comedy Drama

An ailing criminal and his excitement-starved nurse decide to knock over a bank for fun and profit in this comic suspense story. Legendary bank robber Henry Manning (Paul Newman) pushes his luck too far and ends up in prison, where he suffers a massive stroke. He is transferred to a nursing home, in the care of Carol Ann McKay (Linda Fiorentino), a high school prom queen who married her boyfriend Wayne (Dermot Mulroney), the star of her school's football team, and whose glamour days are well behind her. After a few of her personal effects mysteriously disappear, Carol Ann starts to suspect that Henry isn't as sick as he seems, and she and Wayne are soon working with Henry to plan his last and greatest score. The title comes from the remark attributed to the outlaw Willie Sutton, who when asked why he robbed banks, replied, "Because that's where the money is." more..

Director: Marek Kanievska

Starring: Paul Newman, Linda Fiorentino,Dermot Mulroney, Susan Barnes, Anne Pitoniak

 30 Reviews

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  • A preposterous plot, but it's not about a plot, it's about acting.

    Roger Ebert - The Chicago Sun-Times

    11 May 2013

  • The film never drags, but one of the enjoyable things about it is its way of taking its time letting us get to know and savor the characters.

    Jay Carr - The Boston Globe

    11 May 2013

  • The Coen brothers might have done something inspired with this, but director Kanievska... turns out a more modestly entertaining little low-budget movie.

    Lou Lumenick - New York Post

    11 May 2013

  • I don't know that Where the Money Is would work at all were it not for what we, the audience, bring into the theater.

    Lisa Schwarzbaum - Entertainment Weekly

    11 May 2013

  • Easygoing and easy to take, the movie isn't much.

    Staff [Not Credited] - USA Today

    11 May 2013

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