A good-natured fable about family ties and the redemptive power of hope.
Buffalo, N.Y., some time in the mid-1960s: Assorted friends and relatives are gossiping, hanging out and daydreaming about the future at the home of Rosalie Annunciata (Maureen Porter) when, to their collective amazement, a blizzard of bills blankets the tiny lawn. In a few frantic minutes they scoop up $19,820 in free-floating Andrew Jacksons, which Rosalie insists they turn over to the police. But Rosalie's 10-year-old daughter, Theresa (Hallee Hirsch), the neighborhood's prepubescent saint, opines that the money is a "gift from God to improve ourselves and others," so they divide it up and ...
Released:
2001
Rated:
PG
Length:
119 mins