It is not only a funny movie, but it allows a great amount of joy for anyone who watches it.

A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.

It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.

This is a dark and sometimes deeply uncomfortable drama

Stupid short film that tries to teach people how to save money and to budget. Sorry, but people are idiots and no matter how much you try to educate them if they are no good with money they are always going to have problems. I have a lousy job and do not make much, but I always have plenty of money in the banks, yet I know of people who make four times the amount I do and end up barely scraping by each month. This one features a kid who was doing rather well considering the time and could not afford to go to a dance for 2 bucks. Then again, 2 bucks for a school dance back in 1951 seems steep! I never remember a function that cost much more than that when I went to school. I think a skate party for 5 dollars, but that was in the 80's and they provided the skates and everything. The boy is in luck, as Mr. Benjamin Franklin comes in the form of a shadow and teaches the boy about saving and budgeting his money. The boy promptly uses this information to swindle his father out of the two bucks. Of course, Benjamin's appearance raises questions. If I were in need of assistance would a historical figure come and assist me? Would it be in shadow form? Could they help me if I were being attacked as I am sure a talking shadow of a historical figure would distract and possibly scare my attacker? Well whatever, this short tries to convey a good message, but one that no one who has trouble spending money wants to hear or even if they do they will not heed it. You could remake this short and put AC/DC in it and they could sing their song Money Talks and you could have a whole lot of historical figures drinking and stuff and at the end they through the boy out the window! That would be worth watching.

This educational short isn't too bad and given the current climate of credit card exorbitance, might be a good idea to dust off the old film reel and show it to kids on a rainy school day.Of course, that would be a bit delusional because this short is incredibly dated in the fact that it makes the individual responsible for making their own money by working for it. In my small corner of the world, children EXPECT their parents to buy them whatever they want. So talking about saving money would be a moot point.Technically, this short is a cookie cutter impression of every B&W short made in this era and the technique of some historic person coming back to talk about some inane aspect of modern life (like saving money and budgets) seems to be a popular meme in this era.

This is one of my favorite MST3K critiques of a short film ever. Basically what we have here is, William is a broomstick-thin high schooler who wants to go to the school dance, but alas, he cannot scrape up the dollar charge needed. So what does he do? What else? He summons up the spirit of Benjamin Franklin (albeit by accident), who gives William a few pointers on how to save up money and keep a "budget." It must be noted that Ben Franklin is nothing more than a silhouette throughout the entire short, which only adds to the humor. The scenes with William and his dad are gratuitous at best, and add MST3K fodder. Don't miss this one!

Money Talks! is a very boring short film about telling young people how to make a budget. Basically a kid gets visited by the ghost of Ben Franklin and told how to properly spend his money. Bad acting is rampant in this film, and it somewhat lacks a sense of reality.