Good films always raise compelling questions, whether the format is fiction or documentary fact.

I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

Excellent characters with emotional depth. My wife, daughter and granddaughter all enjoyed it...and me, too! Very good movie! You won't be disappointed.

Close shines in drama with strong language, adult themes.

Two days ago, one of the greatest actors of all time left this life. Paul Leonard Newman was best known for films like "Hud", "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" and "The Verdict". But he also starred in small, less noticed movies over the years. One example is "Where the Money Is". Newman plays an aged crook who moves into a nursing home where it becomes clear to the woman (Linda Fiorentino) running the place that he's not as disabled as he claims to be and might in fact be looking for help in pulling off another heist.OK, so an elderly criminal going in for one last scheme is sort of a hackneyed plot. But in this role, Newman doesn't even need to talk much; it seemed to me as if his eyes functioned as actors. Not to mention that there's some great chemistry between him and Fiorentino. This might not be the most noticeable movie, but it's worth seeing, if only once. There will never be another Paul Newman.Also starring Dermot Mulroney.

I was pleasantly surprised when I saw "Where The Money Is" because I didn't hear much about it. "Where The Money Is" happened to be one of the most enjoyable films I've seen all year. I knew I could count on Paul Newman to deliver a top notch performance as he has done in the past.Newman led a talented cast, which included Dermot Mulroney and Linda Fiorentino. These three are on a mission to pull off a bank job. It is not as simple as we think; Newman, a master bank thief, has been remanded to a hospital after suffering a stroke (or is it). This is where he meets a nurse who is sees through his charade and wants in on the action. The stakes have risen when the nurse's husband gets wrangled into the bank job."Where The Money Is" played to everybody's funny bone because Newman gives one of his most engaging performances. The one aspect of the film I enjoyed the most was Newman's captivating presence on screen with each scene he was in. He pulled the audience in with his charm and made them a part of a film.Though the plot has been done before in other movies, the way it was performed left me breathless because it is so unique. I have to give credit to Fiorentino and Mulroney because they play off Newman very well."Where The Money Is" is captivating as it is funny. When you add Paul Newman's humor and comedy with great support from Linda Fiorentino and Dermot Mulroney you have a rousing success in "Where The Money Is."

WHERE THE MONEY IS (2000) **1/2 Paul Newman, Linda Fiorentino, Dermot Mulroney. (Dir: Marek Kanievska)Paul Newman has always displayed a certain laid-back, world weary cynical charm that has provided a wide cast career, rarely getting a shot to show how skillful a comic actor he is through subtle shadings of his own demeanor. In this fish-out-of-water caper comedy he is at a full tilt sublimity altogether.Newman is career criminal Henry Manning who's latest long-going con is assuming the identity of a stroke victim to get him moved out of the cooler into a nursing home but finds his cunningly sly façade picked apart from by shrewd and sexy Carol (the alluringly appealing Fiorentino), a nurse looking for a quick way out of her hum-drum post-high school senior prom queen decline. Her suspicions lead to a comic melange of experimental stunts to break the seemingly comatose geezer out of his haze and finally succeeds when she enlists her spouse Wayne (Mulroney) for an outing to a near by river where she proceeds to run Manning's wheelchair off the pier and relieved when he emerges from the drink scowling at his masquerade.Manning explains how he came to adopt his charade to the couple (he read a lot on yoga, tantric hypnoticism and a lot of New Age philosophy enabling him to remain statue-like) who enlist him on his next crime. Deciding on an armed money truck heist the trio hatch the plan with nimble and clever strokes ultimately leading to the not-so-perfect crime.The film's structure resembles a watered down Elmore Leonard (the story is by E. Max Frye, who penned `Something Wild', which oddly enough the film echoes in its character driven responsibilty shirking tone) Manning's foxy cool exterior is only circumvented by the ballsy yet vulnerable Carol who clearly has fallen for the older man and his daredevil existence that she can't help but want to drink in her parched life for his intoxicatingly inviting alternative. But by the time the act takes place the film betrays itself in the unspooling of its aftermath and the choice of the usually leaden Mulroney deflates its breezy execution.But Newman shines once again in a memorable turn oddly enough resembling the Burt Reynolds crime comedy `Breaking In' where he played an aging safecracker giving pointers to his protégé in training. His glistening glacier eyes sparkle even when masked in his faux-frozen grimmace in the earlier half of the film, waiting to spring to life again almost relievedly when Fiorentino finally breaks his spell. He's always exhibited a carefree, to-hell-with-authority repose that echoes some of his classic characters including Cool Hand Luke and Fast Eddie Felson. His match is made in the curvy nervy Fiorentino's Carol, who realizes her looks are still smoldering in spite of her salad days behind her, yearning for that rekindling herself. A near perfect pairing of the old and the new.

i just love this little ditty. Nothing heavy or too meaningful here...just good old fashioned entertainment. A neat little story told very nicely and believably, with good cohesion and style. Intelligently shot and scored with a good dialogue which keeps this smart little story rolling along very nicely.Very funny at times and thoroughly enjoyable. I highly recommend it as a "feel good" temporary diversion. Great cast and an interesting plot that will keep you looking forward to the next viewing, which is what it is all about...