Highly underrated movie deserves a better look,telling the real facts happened in Philadelphia in 1981 when a young guy called Joey Coyle found 1.2 million dollar that fell off of armored car in desert road and all end up in jail,perhaps the best performance by John Cusack and supported by a great casting as James Gandolfini,Debi Mazar,Michael Madsen,Benicio Del Toro,Philip Seymour Hoffman,Michael Rapaport among others,the movie shows all little mistakes committed by Joey which taking him to be arrested,in Fact the real Joey has found dead supposedly committed suicide just before the movie release!! Resume: First watch: 1998 / How many: 3 / Source: Cable TV-DVD / Rating: 7

The movie is based on true story (book is called Finders Keepers). Having read the book, I was interested in seeing this one. The book's tone was that of a light comedy.**Possible Spoiler** Dumb crooks do stupid things which is why they get caught.The scenery is South Philly - so you may be reminded a lot of Rocky or Invinciable. I guess it's hard to make a poor dumb guy down on his luck comedic. If the screenwriter had been able to pull it off, it would have been a much better movie. As it is, it's just OK.The difference between this and a caper movie is the suspense that leads up to the crime. Here, it's just an accident. And believe me, the wrong guy was at the wrong place at the wrong time. The IMDb rating is accurate - somewhere between a five or six, depending on your mood or how much you like John Cusack.

I enjoyed the movie (in parts) for what it is and what it delivers: a guy finds a million bucks and almost gets away with it. The movie doesn't take itself too seriously, but that doesn't mean it's without its faults. At times it makes sense, other times it doesn't. Essentially, the movie isn't anything more than the basic storyline. I don't recall seeing a villain here. The movie does go somewhere, but I think it really would have if the movie had one, especially in a movie about lost (or found, however you choose to look at it) money. Without a villain, and/or a sidekick, "Money for Nothing" barely takes off. And how in the world does this cop (played by Michael Madsen) know where Joey Coyle is if he dyed is hair blonde, and said on the phone he was already on the plane? That's beyond me. See this if you're not expecting too much.**1/2 out of ****

"Money for Nothing" shows us what one man did when he found that sum in the streets of South Philly and learned that "finders-keepers" is not an easy caveat to abide. A not-to-be-taken-seriously light drama full of familiar faces which rolls along with tongue-in-cheek, "Money for Nothing" makes for a fast moving sofa spud watch now on broadcast. (C+)