Mad Money

Diane Keaton, Queen Latifah and Katie Holmes team up to rob millions of dollars in worn-out currency, marked for destruction in a Federal Reserve shredder, in the caper comedy directed by Callie Khouri. "'Mad Money' derives most of its meager pleasures from its central heist sequence -- which, though lacking in Brian De Palma-esque visual bravado, is tightly edited and cleverly worked out," writes Variety critic Justin Chang. "But even as it aims for a loose, light-fingered touch, Khouri's direction is lukewarm at best" and "lacks the requisite wit and amoral energy to capitalize on its get-rich-quick premise." Ted Danson, Stephen Root and Christopher McDonald co-star. The DVD features commentary by Khouri and the featurette "Makin' Money: Behind the Scenes of Mad Money," and Anchor Bay has packaged it in a paperboard case similar to the old "snapper" design, only without the plastic tabs.