Role: Jackie Truman
Director: Callie Khouri
Writers: Glenn Gers, John Mister
Cast: Diane Keaton, Ted Danson, Adam Rothenberg, Queen Latifah
Relase Date: 18 January 2008
Runtime: 104 Minutes
Distribution: Overture Films
Full Synopsis:
Bridget Cardigan (Diane Keaton) is shocked to learn that she is on the verge of losing her home and comfortable upper middle class lifestyle when her husband Don (Ted Danson) is downsized from his job. Armed only with a decades old English degree and years as a dedicated mother and corporate wife, Bridget is forced into the unfamiliar labor market with no job skills. Finally, she accepts the only position she can find, janitor at the Federal Reserve Bank. The one-time suburban mom soon discovers she has more in common with her new co-workers than she thought. Bridget forges an unexpected bond with Nina (Queen Latifah), a hard-working single mom with two kids to raise, and Jackie (Katie Holmes), an exuberant free spirit with nothing to lose. Caught up in a system that underestimates their talents and keeps their dreams just out of reach, Bridget, Nina and Jackie set out to even the score. After a lifetime of playing by the rules, the three devise a plan to smuggle soon-to-be destroyed currency out of the supposedly airtight Reserve. As the unlikely crime syndicate amasses piles of cash, it looks like they have pulled off the perfect crime, until a minor misstep alerts the authorities. With more money than they know what to do with, the women are pushed to the limits of their ingenuity to stay one step ahead of the law!
Trivia:
Katie Holmes turned down the chance to reprise her role as Rachel Dawes in Batman Begins (2005) sequel The Dark Knight (2008) to star in this film. Maggie Gyllenhaal was subsequently chosen to replace her.
American adaptation of the hit British comedy Hot Money.
Quotes:
Nina Brewster: Do you know what it is when you trade sex for money?
Jackie Truman: Advertising!
Jackie Truman: Since I was 9, I knew for every day of the rest of my life I’d have to stick a needle in my arm. Early onset diabetes. But I didn’t tell them.
Jackie Truman: [while hiding money in their panties] I’m going to have to buy some boring underwear!











