Funny Money

Leslie Greif directs this adaptation of Ray Cooney's hit British play, a throwback farce about mistaken identity. Chevy Chase plays Henry Perkins, a listless late-middle-aged executive in a wax fruit company; his wife, Carol (Penelope Ann Miller), is similarly bored, a struggling sculptor and ...more

Leslie Greif creates Funny Money as an homage to ridiculous '60s comedies by directors like Blake Edwards, complete with an animated opening-credits sequence. And while the jokes at times seem just as old and the staging a bit stiff, it achieves a modicum of success through its persistent silliness and harmless good will. After a needlessly drawn-out setup, the action starts to pick up steam once Henry brings the suitcase home and the pile-up of comic complications begins. The interior of the ...more