Easy Money (1983)

I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much

Good concept, poorly executed.

Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.

There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.

This movie is a must see for the Rodney Dangerfield fan. I think its his finest work as the main character. I grew up around neighbors like this character. The over protective father, pissing away the mortgage at the track for a "tip" that turns out to be mush. Out drinking late with his buddy every night.Rodney and Joey have great chemistry in this ... much funnier than Back to School yet doesn't get the credit ... some of the funniest zingers in a single movie aside from Midnight Run..you just cant help but laugh from beginning to end. Rodney plays the blue collar married father of two daughters to perfection. Joey plays the single playboy buddy / neighbor perfectly as well. Geraldine Fitz is great as the rich ball busting mother in law. Jennifer Jason Leigh has the "guidette daddy's little girl" down pat.

While this is what it is, gags galore, low-brow, and funny stuff, Easy Money never quite hits the best of Dangerfield.Too many gaps between the one liners and some situations are just fillers, but otherwise all in all watchable and enjoyable.The plot is a good one, very very rich mother-in-law dies leaving all her money to the booze hound Dangerfield on the condition he straightens and flies right for a whole year. I just wish they could have got to the main plot sooner.Kind of like Brewster's Millions there are chuckles to be had, and anyway it's Rodney so you know what you're getting.All in all, an OK pizza and beer movie; nothing challenging, but nothing side-splitting either...

This is one funny film. If you don't think so, it's understandable because growing up in the New York/New Jersey/Philadelphia area may help you relate a bit better. All of the stereotypes of that area are there and because its that regional - it makes it the more funnier.Comedian Rodney Dangerfield is the patriarch of the family - a baby photographer who has a drug, gambling, sex, weight and alcohol problem but always managed to love and take care of his family. His wife, played by Candy Azzaraa is a more refined woman who's mother, played by the wonderful Geraldine Fitzgerald is wealthy and controlling as anything and wanted better for her daughter and her family. Rodney's older daughter, played by Jennifer Jason Leigh is about to become the virgin bride to a sassy Puerto Rican, played by the comic Taylor Negron while plucky younger daughter played by Lili Haydn tries to make sanity out of all of this.The grandmother mother 'dies' and even in death tries to control and shape her relatives via marriage by placing in her will that if Rodney looses weight, gives up drugs, extra martial affairs and alcohol in a year, the family would inherit her hundreds of millions of dollars fortune - if not, it all goes to her slimy, pompous assistant. Now the fight between who will receive the money begins and it is indeed funny.This film is full of great stand-up comedians of the time and funny early performances by Joe Pesci and Jeffrey Jones and a few others you've seen in Martin Scorecese films! (Yeah, its regional, even New Yorker Billy Joel Sings the theme song!) It's silly, low brow, low-rent and that is just the perfect vehicle for Rodney Dangerfield and co-horts. A very underrated comedy gem!

I was surprised that the comments were so uniformly positive.So I wanted to add some variety.The movie is very funny. Its a humor that explores in an honest way the modern American clash between the values of over indulgence and the prudish restraint that tries unsuccessfully to hold it back. This movies is not just funny, there is a lot of subtle social commentary going on under the surface, but exactly what it ends up saying is unclear.The movie leaves no one out in the process of mocking both the over indulgence of Rodney's character (eating, smoking, drinking, gambling, drugs) and the prudish snobbery of the mother in law.The money grubbing younger daughter, and the frigid older daughter are also hilarious and relevant to the main story of the clash of values. Loved that line of clothing too.Its not perfect. I'd like to have seen the mother in law arrested for fraud. (I believe that faking your own death is a criminal offense! it could also lead to civil litigation by her company's share holders if its publicly traded).One complaint however is that the movie touches upon the issue of addiction and mocks it. IS Rodney's character addicted to his vices or does he just enjoy them. The question is not resolved in the movie though he seems to believe he has addictions (he says so). If its just about opposing values of indulgence vs. prudery than its a great social commentary that is balanced in its mockery. But in touching on addiction it makes light of what are really difficult mental health problems. The last scene is great as a comic ending, but I'm sure many people in AA or GA or other self help recovery groups must be greatly offended by it.