Twenty Bucks | | Cast : | Linda Hunt, Brendan Fraser, Elisabeth Shue | | Director : | Keva Rosenfeld | | Studio : | Columbia Tri-Star | | Format : | Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen, Dolby | | Released Date : | October 22, 1993 | | DVD Released Date : | July 05, 2005 | | Language : | English (Dubbed) | | Audience Rating : | R (Restricted) | | | BUY THIS DVD FROM AMAZON |
Customer Reviews
| Rating |  | | Date | June 18, 2005 | | Summary | DVD: It's about frickin' time! | Content
 | I've eagerly awaited the release of Twenty Bucks on DVD for several years, and am overjoyed that it's finally here. With so much schlock that gets shoveled onto digitial discs these days it's amazing that such a quality flick took so long.
Twenty Bucks is a series of disjointed vignettes, united by their involvement of the same twenty dollar bill. We follow the double-sawbuck from its initial withdrawal from an automatic teller up through its eventual end. The hapless bill gets shoved inside a fish, stuffed in a stripper's G-string, and used to predict the lottery. Along the way, it touches the lives of several diverse characters, portrayed by an ensemble cast that clearly enjoyed their work. Especially noteworthy are Christopher Lloyd and Steve Buscemi (who is required by law to appear in all of these sorts of movies) as an experienced criminal and his somewhat bewildered apprentice. Some characters appear for a single scene, while others lose the bill and then return to us when the bill returns to them, to tie up their storylines.
It's an enjoyable ride, funny at times, poignant at others, and it deserves a spot in every movie lover's media rack. |
| Rating | | | Date | July 16, 2003 | | Summary | Purportless | Content
| "Twenty Bucks" chronicles the journey of a twenty dollar bill, traveling from person to person until it finally reaches its original owner.
After reading about the movie's plot, I expected it to be at least somewhat exhilarating. Sadly, its most exciting part is when a man, in the process of standing up, inadvertently whacks a woman with his luggage.
I don't know if I have ever seen a more pointless film. I've searched for some kind of meaning or lesson that it could have, and I cannot find one. This film failed to impress me. |
| Rating | | | Date | June 15, 2003 | | Summary | Hidden Treasure | Content
| Coincidentally or not, it seems that I have been watching a lot of films lately that center around the main theme present in "Twenty Bucks". We are presented with a varied cast of characters and given insight into each of their very different lives, all the while being shown how they, and we for that matter, are all connected.
What seperates "Twenty Bucks" from other films with the same theme and makes it so good is its ability to vary moods quickly and seamlessly. The film does an excellent job of mirroring life by presenting such a wide spectrum of differing events and emotions. Like life, the film is whimsical and light hearted one moment, and tragic and melancholy the next, but never do these transitions seem forced.
Our actions carry repurcussions that affect other lives in ways we can never realize, even if that action is something as seemingly insignificant as a twenty dollar bill moving from one hand to the next. The deep question being asked of us of course is, "Is it all random or is there some underlying destiny that moves us along towards our fates?" Thankfully, "Twenty Bucks" does not attempt to answer that question. Instead, it merely presents us with life and all its triumphs and failures, sadness and joy, and disillusionment and enlightenment, and lets us decide the answer based on our own point of view...do you see these things as random events or is fate involved? |
| Rating | | | Date | March 03, 2003 | | Summary | two Letters | Content
| I have two letters for you: DVD. |
| Rating | | | Date | September 26, 2002 | | Summary | 2 words : exellent film ! | Content
| ...Very underrated movie ! Exellent cast ! Exellent acting . Very bright and talanted way to put it in the film format !
Los Angeles ... so many people ... so many stories . Big lottery jackpot coming next night , and homeless woman finds a 20 dollars bill . She lookes at the numbers at it ... this is it - the destiny ... the numbers are ... and kid on the skateboard grab it ... and gone .
We meet so many people , whoes hands touches this bill : 2 robbers , a grandma , a kid on his birthday , a young reporter , a ... so many of them . The same 20 bucks bill makes some people happy , and destroies another people's life . But at the end..? ...Exellent film! Highly recomended ! |
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