Mad Money

Director: Callie Khouri

What if Thelma and Louise did it only for the money? What if they went on and on only for the money, starting with some to fix a broken tap? What if that meant money in such amounts that they had to stuff it into garbage bags and bury it? What if they still went on and on, just because they couldn't get caught? And what if their boyfriends, unlike Thelma and Louise's, were supportive, including getting involved in the whole plot?

Mad Money is right. Who doesn't want some extra money? But the problem with money is that you want it for yourself. Seeing three women rob a bank with little more effort than buying duplicate locks, and without much motive other than buying extra clothes, shoes or a trailer bus, isn't likely to leave you feeling very friendly towards them.

Particularly Keaton, who wears expensive suits and jackets to work and then changes into a janitor's drab overalls and cleans toilets, all the while staring suspiciously into surveillance cameras. Is this how the Federal Bank operates?

And it does get you a lot of things — like Callie Khouri (screenwriter of Thelma and Louise), Diane Keaton, Katie Holmes, Queen Latifah and Ted Danson in the same film. What you do with it is entirely up to you. These are all award-winning talents who could have brought their money's worth to Mad Money, not leave you wondering about the price of the ticket.

We, of course, are not talking Katie Holmes. The best thing that happened to her was that she got married to Tom Cruise, and money or no money, she should keep it that way.