This is a film that no doubt disappointed many viewers. After all, it's a Marlon Brando film and he's considered, by some, to be a genius at his craft. So, it this is the category you'd fall into, the film is sure to frustrate you because it is NOT high art! However, if you can simply turn off your brain and enjoy, it's not a bad little time passer.
"Free Money" begins with two twin young ladies telling their insane and dangerous father (Brando) that they were each pregnant. So, in the next scene, you see a double wedding to two dim guys (Thomas Haden Church and Charlie Sheen). Neither suspected that the sisters were NOT pregnant and simply wanted to get married. As for Brando, he was the warden of a local state prison--and soon began treating his new son-in-laws like convicts. After all, he reasoned, they got his 'little girls' pregnant--and they needed to be punished. The treatment got so bad that Sheen concocted a scheme to rob a train carrying old bills headed to the incinerator. After all, then they could afford to run away and leave their dreadful lives.
At the same time, a VERY clichéd female FBI agent (Mira Sorvino) comes to town to investigate the warden. She's the daughter of the local crooked judge (Donald Sutherland) and she is trying to discover why EVERY prisoner who tries to escape from the prison is found shot dead...and in the back! How these two plots converge is for you to see.
On the plus side, the film is mildly humorous--though not hilarious. And, the plot is kind of cute and engaging. But, on the other hand, some of the characters were one-dimensional. Sorvino was the clichéd 'sassy feminist' character--one who, at times, acts really stupid--thus undermining her character and feminism completely. And, while it looks like Brando had fun playing his role, he overacted and mugged quite a bit. I didn't really mind this--but you won't detect any sort of master thespian in his acting! Agreeable, silly and slight--it's not great nor is it bad--sort of like toast.
clichéd stupid lady
"Free Money" begins with two twin young ladies telling their insane and dangerous father (Brando) that they were each pregnant. So, in the next scene, you see a double wedding to two dim guys (Thomas Haden Church and Charlie Sheen). Neither suspected that the sisters were NOT pregnant and simply wanted to get married. As for Brando, he was the warden of a local state prison--and soon began treating his new son-in-laws like convicts. After all, he reasoned, they got his 'little girls' pregnant--and they needed to be punished. The treatment got so bad that Sheen concocted a scheme to rob a train carrying old bills headed to the incinerator. After all, then they could afford to run away and leave their dreadful lives.
At the same time, a VERY clichéd female FBI agent (Mira Sorvino) comes to town to investigate the warden. She's the daughter of the local crooked judge (Donald Sutherland) and she is trying to discover why EVERY prisoner who tries to escape from the prison is found shot dead...and in the back! How these two plots converge is for you to see.
On the plus side, the film is mildly humorous--though not hilarious. And, the plot is kind of cute and engaging. But, on the other hand, some of the characters were one-dimensional. Sorvino was the clichéd 'sassy feminist' character--one who, at times, acts really stupid--thus undermining her character and feminism completely. And, while it looks like Brando had fun playing his role, he overacted and mugged quite a bit. I didn't really mind this--but you won't detect any sort of master thespian in his acting! Agreeable, silly and slight--it's not great nor is it bad--sort of like toast.
clichéd stupid lady