Damon Wayans first attempt at writing a movie script was a total failure. This movie was terrible. It had the looks of a low budget production and the script of a no budget production. "Mo' Money" was almost an extended "In Livin' Color" script; even the name of the movie came from an "In Livin' Color" sketch.
Johnny (Damon Wayans) was a starving street hustler on probation. One small time hustle after another caused his path to cross with that of Amber Evans (Stacey Dash). In his pursuit of the hot chick of the movie he ended up getting a job where she worked. She was already spoken for by the cliché, wealthy, stuffy, culturally out of touch, condescending boyfriend, Tom (Harry Lennix), thereby using the familiar but tired trope of wealthy = fake, and poor = real (even the name Tom was cliche).
Johnny doggedly pursued Amber until she gave in to his charm. In another movie he would probably have been arrested for stalking and harassment, but because he wrote the movie those two actions are considered romantic. While following Amber, Johnny found a new way to upgrade his lifestyle. Of course, that led him to more trouble and this trouble had deadly consequences.
Besides being largely unfunny, this movie just sucked. The story was lousy as were the various situations. There was a lot of hamming it up from both Damon and Marlon with very little good content. This was a love story at the end of the day and many of them are nothing more than fantasies on film and "Mo' Money" was no different.
Johnny (Damon Wayans) was a starving street hustler on probation. One small time hustle after another caused his path to cross with that of Amber Evans (Stacey Dash). In his pursuit of the hot chick of the movie he ended up getting a job where she worked. She was already spoken for by the cliché, wealthy, stuffy, culturally out of touch, condescending boyfriend, Tom (Harry Lennix), thereby using the familiar but tired trope of wealthy = fake, and poor = real (even the name Tom was cliche).
Johnny doggedly pursued Amber until she gave in to his charm. In another movie he would probably have been arrested for stalking and harassment, but because he wrote the movie those two actions are considered romantic. While following Amber, Johnny found a new way to upgrade his lifestyle. Of course, that led him to more trouble and this trouble had deadly consequences.
Besides being largely unfunny, this movie just sucked. The story was lousy as were the various situations. There was a lot of hamming it up from both Damon and Marlon with very little good content. This was a love story at the end of the day and many of them are nothing more than fantasies on film and "Mo' Money" was no different.