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"Mad Money": Holmes, Latifah and Keaton steal the showI have to admit, my first thought on seeing this picture of Katie Holmes was, "At last, she can find her Helen."
But no, Katie has not become a bad girl — yet. She does, however, play a girl gone wrong in the movie Mad Money, in which she stars with Queen Latifah and Diane Keaton.
Mad Money is the story
of three janitors at the Federal Reserve who plot to steal money that
is scheduled for destruction.
Mad Money is Holmes' first film since the birth of her daughter, Suri. She turned down Dark Knight, the sequel to Batman Begins, to take on the role of Jackie. According to director Callie Khouri, the movie brings out a comedic side of Holmes that fans have not seen before. I'm just glad she's back.
Keaton plays Bridget, a woman forced into the workforce (I just realized why it's called a workforce) after her husband (Danson) loses his job. She finally accepts the only job she can get — cleaning the Federal Reserve Bank. And she is radiant, as usual.
Latifah is Nina, "a hard-working single mom with two kids to raise." Doesn't she always play that role?
Mad Money opens January 18 and I'll be there. If you have Starz, you can see sneak peeks of film footage on Starz Movie News once a month from now until release. But you can enjoy the trailer now. What do you think of the trailer? Will you see Mad Money? Are you glad to see Katie back onscreen? And how does Diane Keaton get more beautiful every year? Submitted by on October 30, 2007 - 11:00am. |
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One of my first thoughts on
One of my first thoughts on seeing the pictures was "Oh, KH has got her hair curly... she usually wears it straight." Then I saw the trailer and what kind of a character she was supposed to be playing, and suddenly it all made sense. "Curly hair" in Hollywood language automatically equals "kooky" :p
I love KH, and her Cruise-marrying ways haven't really affected that... but I haven't ever gone to the cinema to see one of her movies, mostly because she seems to keep picking stuff that doesn't really interest me (and it doesn't look like this movie is going to be an exception). I'll have to stick with my Dawson's Creek re-runs.
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Latifah already did
Latifah already did something similar in Set It Off although she was all big and butch in that. That's pretty much all I kept thinking as I was watching the trailer. Well, that and how come Katie Holmes seems like she will be less annoying than usual and even slightly funny in this film? I may have to watch this when I can get hold of it.
The movie looks like it will
The movie looks like it will be very cute and funny. The three women seem to have a lot of chemistry.
And, Katie looks great. She was starting to look to skinny, but in the pictures she actually looks healthy.
Mmm...
odd anatomy
"At that point, you could have all gotten naked, gotten in your pool and had four bottles of champagne in your house." ~~ Stephanie March
Haha
Haha, that's hilarious! I didn't even notice it at first, but now I can't NOT see it.
Sounds like this movie might actually be worth spending a couple bucks to see, if only because this is some seriously random casting. It'll be interesting to see how it pans out.
Ha she does!! She has three
Ha she does!! She has three hands! *feelin a little confused now*
I remember watching Hot Money when it was first on TV here (it was a tv drama if I remember right - not a film) and it was really good and very funny in parts too. I'm looking forward to seeing this film, it's a pretty good story and although I'm not a fan of Katie Holmes it'll be interesting to see what she's like in this cos I've not seen her in anything since Dawson's Creek lol!
Katie, Diane AND Latifah? SOLD