Funny Money Summary
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Leslie Greif
Genres: Comedy
Rating:
Leslie_Greif directs this adaptation of Ray_Cooney's hit British play, a throwback farce about mistaken identity. Chevy_Chase plays Henry Perkins, a listless late-middle-aged executive in a wax fruit company; his wife, Carol (Penelope_Ann_Miller), is similarly bored, a struggling sculptor and housewife in Hoboken, NJ. On his way home from work to a surprise birthday party Carol is throwing, he accidentally switches briefcases with a Russian mobster. He opens the suitcase at a local bar and discovers five million dollars inside. He rushes home and tries to arrange a flight to Barcelona for Carol and him so they can take the money and run. Detective Sergeant Genero (Armand_Assante) shows up later; he saw Henry at the bar and is suspicious of his actions. The Perkins, along with their friends Vic and Gina Johnson (Christopher McDonald and Alex_Meneses), concoct an elaborate plan to fool the detective, which is only complicated by Carol getting sloppy drunk, the arrival of a homicide detective (Kevin_Sussman), a famous gallery owner (Rebecca_Wisocky), Henry's boss (Robert_Loggia), a frustrated standup comic cabbie (Guy_Torry), two more identical briefcases, and the party guests. The comic action reaches a climax in a standoff with Mafia kingpin Mr. Big (Zoltan_Butuc). Michael Buening, Rovi
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