The film's other feminist predecessor is 9 to 5, another movie in which three smart women defy the system. But in Mad Money, Glover (Stephen Root), the stubbornly doltish bank manager who thwarts investigators by insisting his security is unbreachable, isn't half as pungent a villain as the evil sexist boss in 9 to 5.
This movie is awkwardly structured. Beginning with a scene of the thieves frantically disposing of their stolen cash by fire and flushed toilet as the feds close in, it jumps back three years, then periodically leaps ahead to show snippets of the women under police interrogation. The confusion is a sign that Mad Money doesn't trust its audience to stay seated until the caper is underway.
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