Funny Money (2006 film)

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Funny Money
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Theatrical release poster
Directed byLeslie Greif
Written by
  • Leslie Greif
  • Harry Basil
Based onFunny Money by Ray Cooney
Produced by
  • Leslie Greif
  • Cristian Bostanescu
  • Herb Nanas
  • Brad Siegel
Starring
CinematographyBill Butler
Edited byStephen Adrianson
Terry Kelley
Stephen Lovejoy
Music byAndrea Morricone
Production
companies
  • Castel Film Romania
  • FWE Picture Company
  • Thinkfactory Media
  • Tobebo Filmproduktions
Distributed byTHINKFilm
Release date
  • March 9, 2006 (2006-03-09)
Running time
98 minutes
Country United States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$10-20 million [1] [2]
Box office$31,290 [3]

Funny Money is a 2006 American comedy film directed by Leslie Greif and starring Chevy Chase, Penelope Ann Miller and Armand Assante. [4] It is based on the 1996 British play Funny Money by Ray Cooney. It was a co-production between Germany, the United States and Romania.

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Synopsis

Its plot concerns a couple who accidentally find themselves in possession of a briefcase containing $5 million belonging to the Romanian Mafia.

Cast

Production

In April 1998, it was reported Leslie Greif had acquired the rights to the Ray Cooney penned farce Funny Money . [1] While the film is set in Hoboken, New Jersey, the film itself was shot in Romania. [5]

Release

ThinkFilm set a January 2007 limited release for the film in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Las Vegas, San Diego, Seattle, Dallas and Phoenix in a cross promotion with timeshare company Consolidated Resorts. [6] In some territories, the film was released under the title National Lampoon's Funny Money. [7]

Reception

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes , 43% of 7 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 4.3/10. [8] Metacritic , which uses a weighted average , assigned the film a score of 57 out of 100, based on 4 critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews. [9]

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