"Cash" serves as a showcase for some of the most famous and popular contemporary actors in Europe. The movie is long on style, entertainment and polish. The movie is short on depth, edge and relevance. Probably it's best watched and appreciated as an expertly made "divertissement". The escapist nature of the whole is underlined by the sequences set in a jaw-dropping luxury hotel for the very rich. Most of us are never going to come near a place like this, unless we discover a Degas in our attic or become the sex kitten of a Russian oligarch.
"Cash" contains some good jokes, with the best of them related to a posh charity event where benefactors can become "godparent" to an exotic animal.
The plot deals with more than a simple police-versus-criminals conflict, given that both the criminals (many of whom are professional scammers) and the police have split up in various rival factions. There's a lot of plotting and counter-plotting. There's also a lot of secret agendas and shifting alliances. It's all pretty convoluted, meaning that even the more attentive viewers may reach a point where they can no longer see the forest for the trees.
The most intriguing character and the most intriguing performance coincide in Valeria Golino playing a specialized police investigator who may be perfectionist, ambitious, naive, reckless, unscrupulous or any combination of the above.
"Cash" contains some good jokes, with the best of them related to a posh charity event where benefactors can become "godparent" to an exotic animal.
The plot deals with more than a simple police-versus-criminals conflict, given that both the criminals (many of whom are professional scammers) and the police have split up in various rival factions. There's a lot of plotting and counter-plotting. There's also a lot of secret agendas and shifting alliances. It's all pretty convoluted, meaning that even the more attentive viewers may reach a point where they can no longer see the forest for the trees.
The most intriguing character and the most intriguing performance coincide in Valeria Golino playing a specialized police investigator who may be perfectionist, ambitious, naive, reckless, unscrupulous or any combination of the above.