Mad Money

Mad Money (2008) is Callie Khouri's crime comedy, and you can watch online on iFILM. Three cleaning women at the Federal Reserve decide to walk off with cash that is headed for the shredder anyway.

Bridget is used to a comfortable life until her husband is laid off and the bills pile up. The only job she can land is mopping floors at the bank overnight. There she spots a quirk in the system: worn-out bills get hauled in to be destroyed. Teaming up with sharp-tongued Nina and pregnant Jackie, she rigs a way to sneak the doomed bundles past security. Diane Keaton, Queen Latifah and Katie Holmes play a trio that bickers, panics and keeps stuffing money into the strangest hiding spots.

Khouri, who wrote Thelma & Louise, again takes cornered women and lets them run a brazen scheme. Ted Danson gives Bridget's flustered husband a goofy sweetness. The tone stays light, but underneath sits a plain anger at how hard it is to stay afloat. Stream Mad Money (2008) online on iFILM.