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Money Talks

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Money Talks (1997)

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Reviews Counted:17

Fresh:3

Rotten:14

Average Rating:3.9/10

Runtime: 1 hr 35 mins

Genre: Comedies

Synopsis: A story-hungry investigative reporter and a frenetic, garrulous small-time con trip down the well-worn path of comically mismatched, interracial buddies on the lam. Smelling a scoop, the reporter... A story-hungry investigative reporter and a frenetic, garrulous small-time con trip down the well-worn path of comically mismatched, interracial buddies on the lam. Smelling a scoop, the reporter sets his pal up for a fall that lands him in jail--and downwind of a jailhouse plot to steal a stash of diamonds. Soon the innocent duo's on the run from the cops, the thieves, and Mobsters. [More]

Starring: Chris Tucker, Charlie Sheen, Heather Locklear, Paul Sorvino

Starring: Chris Tucker, Charlie Sheen, Heather Locklear, Paul Sorvino, Gerard Ismael, Elise Neal, Paul Gleason, Larry Hankin, Daniel Roebuck, Michael Wright, Veronica Cartwright, David Warner, Damian Chapa

Director: Brett Ratner

Director: Brett Ratner
Screenwriter: Joel Cohen, Alec Sokolow
Composer: Lalo Schifrin
Producer: Chris Tucker, Walter Coblenz, Tracy Kramer

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Tucker's manic energy is the only thing keeping the audience from dozing off like the rest of the cast.

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Edward Havens
Edward Havens
FilmJerk.com

Mildly funny prototype for Ratners later Rush Hour franchise

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Philip Martin
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

...as does Chris Tucker. Incessantly.

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07/26/02
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James Berardinelli
James Berardinelli
ReelViews

serves up a crude blend of flip comedy and jarring violence... Tucker squeals loud and long. Here's hoping he gets the Ned Beatty part when 'Deliverance' is finally remade.

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