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Metascore
31 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 75Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertA preposterous plot, but it's not about a plot, it's about acting.
- 75Baltimore SunAnn HornadayBaltimore SunAnn HornadayIt's just another modest, unsurprising little heist flick. So why is it so much fun? Newman.
- 75Portland OregonianShawn LevyPortland OregonianShawn LevyA light, old-fashioned, likable film that capitalizes on the personae of its three key performers and a sort of playfulness.
- 67Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumEntertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumI don't know that Where the Money Is would work at all were it not for what we, the audience, bring into the theater.
- 63Charlotte ObserverLawrence ToppmanCharlotte ObserverLawrence ToppmanMaybe this is a case of too many cooks spoiling a simple broth: The movie had four producers, five executive producers, three writers (credited ones, anyhow) and three editors.
- 63New York Daily NewsJack MathewsNew York Daily NewsJack MathewsThe film makers are so anxious to please their audience that they turn the last act into a preposterous cat-and-mouse game that nullifies the integrity of the story.
- 50Film.comRobert HortonFilm.comRobert HortonThere's very little here that rises above the level of a competent straight-to-video picture, except that whenever Paul Newman and Linda Fiorentino are onscreen together they create something special.
- 40Los Angeles TimesKevin ThomasLos Angeles TimesKevin ThomasThe only way the film could have had a prayer of working--and thereby tapping its stars' considerable strengths--is by taking a much harder edge and going for dark, even bleak humor.
- 30Chicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumChicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumThis caper movie starts off as enjoyable guff before turning strictly formulaic and winding up as unenjoyable guff.
- 30Village VoiceAmy TaubinVillage VoiceAmy TaubinA caper film hardly worthy of his (Newman's) presence.