All About the Benjamins
Seen it?2002 | 95 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Weeknight Watchearly ratingWhy it’s a Weeknight Watch
With just 30% on Rotten Tomatoes and little lasting buzz, it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for crime fans, anyone who likes to be kept guessing and anyone who wants a laugh. If you loved 22 Jump Street, start here. Audiences love it more than critics do: a crowd-pleaser first.
- The mood
- Light and funny, tense.
- The pace
- Fast-moving, at 1 hr 35 min.
- What might put you off
- Rated R: expect sex.
- Critics were cooler on it than audiences.
Bounty hunter Bucum Jackson teams with the small-time con artist, Reggie Wright, that he is pursuing, in an attempt to locate a missing stash of diamonds and a lottery ticket worth millions of dollars. Bucum and Reggie find themselves in a race to the finish as they embark on an unlikely partnership that should -- when all is said and done -- prove beneficial to them both.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsWeak
30% on Rotten Tomatoes, 34 on Metacritic
- AudiencesSolid
5.9 out of 10
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Box office & staying powerSolid
$25 million worldwide on a $14 million budget; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactBelow par
About 62K people sought it out in the past year
Trailer
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Cast & crew
Directed by Kevin Bray
- Ice CubeBucum
- Mike EppsReggie
- Eva MendesGina
- Tommy FlanaganWilliamson
- Carmen ChaplinUrsula
- Valarie Rae MillerPam
- Roger Guenveur SmithJulian
- Anthony Michael HallLil J
- Anthony GiaimoMartinez
- Jeff ChaseMango