Keaton plays Bridget with her signature neurotic energy, but layered with a desperate pragmatism. Bridget is not stealing for greed in the traditional sense; she is stealing to maintain the status quo of her upper-middle-class life. Her motivation is born of fear—fear of becoming "poor." Keaton manages to make a somewhat unlikable character sympathetic. We see her panic, her resolve, and her eventual intoxication with the thrill of the

What follows is a carefully orchestrated plan to smuggle soon-to-be-shredded bills out of the most secure building in America. They call themselves "The Hunkies" (short for "honey-bunnies"), hide cash in janitorial carts, and use Jackie’s position as a teller to exchange the marked bills for clean money.

Diane Keaton (Bridget Cardigan), Queen Latifah (Nina Brewster), and Katie Holmes (Jackie Truman). Story Origin: Based on the 2001 British television film , which was inspired by true events at the Bank of England. Plot Summary The story follows Bridget Cardigan , a wealthy housewife forced to work as a janitor at the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City

Critics on Rotten Tomatoes and IMDb gave it mixed-to-negative reviews, often citing a "broken moral compass" and a lack of real suspense despite its charming lead actresses. January 18, 2008 Production Budget $22 Million Worldwide Gross $26.4 Million Running Time 104 Minutes Rating PG-13 (Language, sexual material)

Re-watching the in the current economic climate reveals how prescient it actually was. The film was released just as the 2008 housing market collapsed. Audiences at the time felt the irony: the villains aren’t the women stealing from the Fed, but the banks and corporations that ruin lives.

Their scheme involves replacing official locks with identical ones bought at a hardware store, allowing them to smuggle "trash" money out of the building before it is shredded. While they initially find success and pay off their debts, greed and a persistent bank examiner eventually lead to their operation unraveling. Critical and Commercial Reception