Finder's Fee

2001
R
1h 40m

IMDb RATING

6.2/10

3.4K

YOUR RATING

James Earl Jones, Matthew Lillard, Robert Forster, Erik Palladino, and Ryan Reynolds in Finder's Fee (2001)

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A man finds a wallet containing a winning lottery ticket worth $6 million.A man finds a wallet containing a winning lottery ticket worth $6 million.A man finds a wallet containing a winning lottery ticket worth $6 million.

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IMDb RATING

6.2/10

3.4K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 3 wins & 3 nominations

Trivia
The story was inspired by a real-life incident. 'Jeff Probst (I)' found a man's wallet on the street, with a name but no phone number, so he called another person's number that was inside. The man who answered said he was a cousin of the owner, and instructed Probst to mail it to him. Probst says he has always wondered if the other man really was a cousin.

Goofs
Story is set in United States (actually filmed in Canada) but date on document found in wallet is written in numeric day/month/year style instead of month/day/year style actually used in US.

Quotes
[first lines]
Tepper: [knocking on her door] Mrs. Darmsetter? Hey... You left your door open again.
Mrs. Darmsetter: Heaven sake, I wonder how did that happen.
Tepper: Yes well, how is everything?
Mrs. Darmsetter: Well, I'm worried about my mail. I think someone's stealing it. Because I haven't received any letters from my kids in a long time, and they always write.
Tepper: Well, are they taking all your mail or just the letters?
Mrs. Darmsetter: Just the letters. You'd think they'd take everything else, wouldn't you? They don't.

Connections
Referenced in Best Life by Brooke ASMR: My HUGE Movie Collection!!!! (2015)

Soundtracks
Crap
Written by Adam Marsland
Performed by Cockeyed Ghost
© Adam Marsland (BMI)

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Amateurish script formulated right out of Creative (Screenplay) Writing 101.

The whole scenario is contrived and predictable. This independent feature has a relatively well-known cast who do an adequate job with a one-act play concocted as if it were a two-week writing assignment from James Lipton (and it might have impressed HIM). Unconvincing, unenlightening, turgid little melodrama on modern ethics and greed. Simpleminded stuff.