“Beware
of gold-diggers and gold-
diggers beware: a man on the cusp of
becoming a multi-millionaire thinks
he has finally won over the girl he has
been in love with since they were at
school together; but she is conspiring
with another former classmate and
together they seek to relieve him of half
his money in the very funny, sometimes
hilarious, comedy For Love Or Money...”
AT THE FUNERAL OF THE FORMER CLASSMATE who bullied him, 30-year-old Mark
(Robert Kazinsky: True Blood) — with his best friend Tim
(Tony Way: AfterLife) in tow — once again sees the girl of
his dreams, Connie (Screen Actors Guild Award Nominee Samantha Barks: Les
Miserables), whom he has been in love with for twenty years.
As an awkward ten-year-old, Mark (played as a child by Reece Pockney) was smitten
with classmate Connie (played as a child by Savannah Dass) and wrote her a poem
to give to her at school.
“For
Love Or Money…
in a movie that has a lot
to say about the human
condition, greed and
vengeance, there are
some great and notable
comedy moments...”
Ridiculed
by Tommy (played as a child by Joel McDermott), who bullies him, and Johnny
(played as a child by Emilio Lopez), Mark never again approaches Connie. After
school they lose touch, but the death of Tommy brings them together again.
Mark discovers that Connie became Tommy's girlfriend and following his death
she is now being consoled by the sleazy Johnny (Edward Speleers: Outlander).
Mark is about to come into £20 million from a business venture and he is confident
that nobody else knows about it. However, Johnny has insider information and
persuades Connie to convince Mark to marry her.
The plan is for her to then divorce Mark and take him for half the money, giving
her and Johnny a nice nest egg. Believing Connie really loves him, Mark proposes
to her, but when he discovers the deceit he angrily begins to play tricks on
Connie, treating her badly and pushing her into corners to see just how far
she would be prepared to go in order to get her hands on his millions.
As the tricks get more and more callous, Mark involves Kendra (Rachel Hurd-Wood)
— Connie's former best friend who is now persona non-grata with her —
to help him wreak havoc in Connie's life, but when things go too far she begins
to feel sorry for Connie and wants to call it off.
As Mark presses on with his cruelty, he discovers that far from being dead as
Connie had professed, her wacky parents are very much alive and kicking —
oversexed, loud and embarrassing and totally responsible for the emotional mess
in which Connie and her sister, Goth Alexa (Tanya Reynolds), find themselves.
Will Mark continue to give Connie a hard time; will he fall for Kendra or will
he realise that, against all the odds, he is still in love with Connie? Will
Connie even stay the course?
The ending may come as a surprise and in a movie that has a lot to say about
the human condition, greed and vengeance, there are some great and notable comedy
moments.
Definitely worth a look for its comedy of well-observed human failings, For
Love Or Money also features: Carolyn Jones as Tommy's Mother; Ivan Kaye
as Patrick; Anna Chancellor as Carol; David Hargreaves as The Priest.
Cinematography is by Joan Bordera; Composer is Simone Vallecorsa; Additional
Writing by Sabrina Lepage (who also plays The Receptionist). Producers are:
Alan Lathan, Mark Murphy and Eric Woollard-White. For Love Or Money is
Written and Directed by Mark Murphy.
*For Love Or Money was originally
entitled The Revengers and is available on Digital Download from 8 July,
2019. Prime Video: £3.69.
"For Love Or Money… in a movie that has a lot to say about the human
condition, greed and vengeance, there are some great and notable comedy moments"
***
— Maggie Woods, MotorBar
“Beware
of gold-diggers and gold-