Other People's Money

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Other People's Money

Danny DeVito at his prime! He's the best with great business ethics, confidence & a romantic side. Also Penelope Ann Miller has a striking resemblance to Patricia Arquette, at least her voice does which surprised me. Nice to see the late great Gregory Peck too! All around great cast and excellent movie with exquisite writing.

I am amazed this movie has rating of 6.2. I decided to watch this movie after I read others' users reviews that this movie deserves minimum 8 rating. I have to say it's absolutely true. A brilliant film with its simplicity in portraying of financials of a company which will help & not confuse a person novice in finance. It also portrays both sides of hostile corporate takeover equally. All of this while making the movie enjoyable. Excellent!

"Other People's Money" is way better than you might think. I remember when this movie first came out. I wasn't very interested. I didn't go see it. Shame on me. "Other People's Money" is a great movie. It's wildly entertaining. It's very funny and is filled with great characters. The cast is at the top of its game. "Other People's Money" manages to somehow take a side without really ever taking a side. At the end of the day, it sides with love and that's what's all about anyway.

Yes, it is somewhat hard to imaging Penelope Ann Miller even considering any type of relationship with Danny DeVito. And yes, they really do not explore the apparent rift between Peck's character and Miller's. These two caveats aside, this is a very enjoyable movie. So all tycoons don't look like Richard Gere. This is a tour de force for DeVito. He gets past his diminutive stature and actually becomes Larry the Liquidator. I was not saddled with having seen (or even heard of) the play. Theater is irrelevant anyway, except as a training ground for movie actors. I took this picture on its own merits, and frankly, I was skeptical that DeVito could do a corporate raider. But he plays it just right and then has you believing that this dwarf from the Bronx really made good. Dean Jones is convincing as the corporate soldier trying to find a soft place to land. Peck is excellent, as always. Two thumbs up!

"Other People's Money" sort of takes "Wall Street" and puts a comedic spin on it. Danny DeVito - in full pumped-up, crazy form - plays Lawrence "Larry the Liquidator" Garfield, a corporate raider plotting a hostile takeover of a store that provides the town's livelihood. The plant's owner (Gregory Peck) sends young lawyer Kate Sullivan (Penelope Ann Miller) after Larry, but nothing goes as anyone planned. This seems like the sort of movie that only Norman Jewison could direct, how he takes a real-life issue and shows it in a manner to which we can all relate. The whole part about the relationship between Larry and Kate was maybe a little unnecessary, but it's overall good that the movie shows the Wall Street types for what they really are...even if you grow to admire Larry. Maybe if you grow to admire Larry, it's because Danny DeVito makes him so funny. The movie comes out very well done. Also starring Piper Laurie, Dean Jones and William DeAcutis in his final role.

Believe it or not, this is one of my all time favourite films. The speeches at the proxy fight by Jorgy" and "Larry the Liquidator" are sensational. I have not seen any movie that has done this better including Gordon Gecko's "Greed is Good" in Wall Street. I was applauding after I heard DeVito talking about fiber optics and obsolescence.

Danny DeVito is sensational as Lawrence Garfield, aka. Larry the Liquidator. The movie was chugging along nicely, but nothing special until the proxy fight where Andrew Jorgenson, the we've-always-done-it-this-way founder of the company, and "Larry the Liquidator" give speeches to the assembled shareholders. After Jorgenson's speech I was about to write the movie off as another flawed Hollywood portrayal of business and economics, but then comes Larry's speech which is the high point of the movie. Larry's speech is absolutely fantastic and surprising. The rest of the movie is filled in nicely if not spectacularly. The romance between Larry and Jorgenson's smart and attractive lawyer Kate Sullivan is a nice touch and serves to add another dimension to DeVito's character. The resolution with Jorgenson's company at the end is contrived and the only real detraction from the movie, but that's Hollywood. One of my all-time favorite movies. I give it a 9, and that puts it in my top 5%.