— I love money. I love money more than I love the things it can buy. Does that surprise you? Money, it don’t care whether I’m good or not. It don’t care whether I snore or not. It don’t care which god I pray to. There are only three things in this world with that kind of unconditional acceptance: dogs, doughnuts and money. Only money is better. You know why? Because it don’t make you fat and it don’t poop all over the living room floor. There’s only one thing I like better. Other people’s money.

This is DeVito’s film, and he runs with it. Perfectly cast, he demonstrates his ability to take an ill-defined character and flesh it out with levels and dimensions that are doubtless not on paper. In addition to moments of great humor, he also has a couple of poignant scenes that are quite affecting. In short, he’s marvelous.
Sadly, the film is not. — Chris Hicks