Mad Money Page #5

Synopsis: Don and Bridget Cardigan's upper middle class lifestyle is threatened since Don, who has been out of work for a year, seems to have given up looking for a job, and housewife Bridget has been out of the workforce for most of her life. They are close to $300,000 in debt. Finding out this information, Bridget comes to the conclusion that she needs to get a job - any job - that at least provides them with some benefits. She reluctantly takes a job as a janitor at the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City. Almost immediately, Bridget is enthralled with all the old worn out money that is being shredded. She comes up with a plan to get her old lifestyle back by stealing much of that money, which she believes is an easy job since the locks used on the money carts are standard equipment and as she notices that no one ever checks the garbage as she goes about her work. Her plan needs the cooperation of one person who works the shredder and one person who pushes the carts of money. The two people s
Director(s): Callie Khouri
Production: Overture Films
  2 nominations.
 
IMDB:
5.8
Metacritic:
41
Rotten Tomatoes:
22%
PG-13
Year:
2008
104 min
$20,536,106
Website
610 Views


Just calm down.

Um, I'll think

of something here.

I'll call you

right back.

Okay, bye-bye.

Oh, my God!

Five minutes.

Jesus, God.

Hey! Hey, what the hell

are you doing out here?

You're not on

break time.

He's got an important

call to make.

You work here?

Put the phone away.

Make the call.

Make the call.

You do

and you're fired.

Hey, listen you know

something, fathead?

Why don't you just put

the damn stopwatch down, huh?

This is a family

emergency here.

Look around you!

These are people!

You know, if you

fire this man,

each one of these guys is

gonna walk off this dock.

Right, fellas?

Fellas?

You're on your own, Spartacus.

- Nope.

They cut benefits, man.

Hey, baby.

Hey, doll face.

Prick.

Don. Don. Don.

What in the hell is that

woman doing in there?

Oh, that's not it.

Sh*t!

No!

Bob, no.

No, I can't go down there.

I can't go down there,

not until sorting finishes.

You all right?

Huh?

- You okay?

Yeah. Just, you know,

carpal tunnel.

Messes with me

sometimes.

Fantastic. Yes.

All right. I love you.

Oh! Oh, my--

Mrs. Cardigan.

- Mr. Glover.

You spend an unusual amount

of time in this bathroom.

Everyone...

everywhere...

...every minute.

Yeah.

Uh...

are you watching when

everybody goes everywhere?

I really

hope so because...

maybe you can tell me

why they can't

use the facility

in such a way as to keep

everything in the facility?

I'm a college-educated

woman,

and I really don't

understand the physics.

Maybe--maybe you can

see how they even manage

to get what they get

where they get it!

You know what

we can do?

You and I could hang out.

You can get on the floor

like I do every day

and make a report!

How about that, Mr. Glover?

Huh? Do you like that idea?

What about that?

- Carry on!

Oh, my God.

Okay.

Let's go.

Think fast.

Hi!

Ooh!

Watch out.

What?

What?

I heard that.

You heard what?

I am married, a**hole.

I ought to report you.

What the hell did you

say to her, man?

Nothing.

Maybe she reads minds.

You need a hand with that?

No. No, no, no,

It's just fine.

Sometimes with these new

ones, you gotta wiggle them.

No, no, no.

Let me help you. I got it.

Your carpal tunnel

and everything.

Oh!

Oh!

Hey!

Seriously, guys!

Grow up, okay!

I'm not your personal

maid, all right?

Oh, yes!

Hi.

Slow it down.

Man!

This thing's

really stuck.

Security.

I'll be right back.

One second.

Oh! Whose your pick

for the playoffs?

What playoffs?

Oh!

Oh, my God.

I thought there were playoffs.

Oh, man.

Oh, my God.

Got it.

Great.

Told you.

# Ain't nobody #

# Can do me like

Jesus can #

# Ain't nobody #

Yeah?

Oh, thank God.

They're okay.

Oh, sweetheart.

Oh, yeah!

Oh, God!

Wow.

I'm sorry about your job.

I hated my job.

I used to think

I did, too.

We need to talk.

Look, Barry, I know you're

probably a really nice guy and all,

and I don't want to

make you feel badly,

but I'm really not in a

place in my life right now--

Unless you have half a dozen

very hard, rectangular breasts,

we need to talk.

Are you ought of your mind?

Look, if you're

gonna bust me, bust me.

I don't need a lecture.

Who else is it?

The trash woman.

Who else?

I can't tell you that.

Tell them it's over.

What does he mean it's over?

Does it mean he turns

us in and we go to prison?

It's over, and nobody

says anything?

We walk away it's over?

I don't know. I'm just

telling you what he said.

That's kinda like

a major difference.

Planning my weekend

or planning my bail hearing.

Okay, okay.

Please stop fighting.

Now now, not here.

I think it meant

walk away.

Yeah, because?

Because we're

still here.

Wow.

And he...

he likes me.

Hmm?

He does like you,

doesn't he?

A lot.

Oh, no.

No. Uh-uh!

That would be brilliant, Nina.

- No!

If you guys got

together,

and then he was

on our team, and then...

we would be foolproof.

So what are you saying?

Do you know what it is when

somebody trades sex for money?

Advertising.

Public service?

A good percentage

of marriages.

What is with you people?

Now these are on me.

Look, we got a good thing

going here.

And if getting Barry

on our side

is the only way

we can keep going,

I don't think it's asking too much

for you to take one for the team.

Right.

I mean...

besides, he's

a total babe.

And you know, honey,

we would do this for you.

We would do this for you.

- Right.

Except we happen

to be married.

And of course,

guess what?

P.S., he doesn't

even want us.

He might not even

want me.

Oh, yeah, right.

Okay.

Wake up!

He's, like, all over

you all the time.

Nina,

are you worried because

it's been so long?

No, Nina, it's just like

riding a bicycle...upside down.

Okay, look, I still know

how to do it, okay?

I'm good, I promise you.

I'm good in that

department, all right?

I'm just-- No.

I'm worried about how

I'll feel in the morning.

Sore.

Rich.

Why don't we just

cut him in?

All right.

Whatever works.

Absolutely.

But seven years is a

really long time, Nina.

Let's just leave it that I decide

what I think is right, okay?

Just get his

address for me.

Okay.

All right.

Just breathe.

Just like riding

a bike, Nina.

Just like riding a bike.

Okay.

You like riding a bike.

You ain't rode a bike

in a while,

but it's gonna be okay.

Hi.

- Hi.

Hi there.

Wow.

Um...

you mind if I come in?

It's--it's kinda late.

Um, maybe we could--

Barry, who is it?

I'm sorry. I didn't

know about your mom.

She needs someone

to take care of her.

Um, maybe we could...

go out somewhere

sometime.

Why?

Why?

Cards on the table, huh?

Don't you think?

What happened to us

is we found a way to

get what we wanted.

I mean, have you ever

thought about it?

What if you could have

what you wanted?

I think about it

all the time.

So what do you want?

Wow.

I'm so sorry.

What the hell is

the matter with you?

I--I beg your pardon?

Are you demented?

That is a fantastic woman.

I know.

Well? Are you afraid of her?

- No.

I'm a little afraid

of you at the moment.

I don't think you're gay.

Thank you.

Yeah, so you get the girl,

you get the money.

So what's the problem, huh?

Okay. He'll join up.

He wants a full share.

He just doesn't want sex

with you to be part of the deal.

You're kidding.

No.

It's possible I'm gonna

have a stroke,

and they're gonna find

the words "I told you so"

blocking the blood

to my brain.

He says you're worth

more than that.

He said that?

Yes.

Oh, he sounds like

a great guy.

Yeah.

You should just tell him

that you really want to.

Now?

Yeah.

He probably thinks I'm--

I told Prince Charming

I'm a whore.

He didn't say that.

I told him I'm a whore.

No, no, no. Come on.

Nina, he didn't say that.

Don't get neurotic. I mean, really.

- Yeah.

Okay, forget about it.

Okay, forget it.

All right?

We're back in business.

There's a random

search on Thursday.

So Friday, yeah?

Works for me.

Okay, is that it, Friday?

Friday's good, right?

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