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One for the Money
One for the Money

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Katherine Heigl, Jason O'Mara
Jan 27, 2012
PG-13, 1 hr. 46 min.

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Movie Info

Cast: Katherine Heigl, Jason O'Mara, Daniel Sunjata, Sherri Shepherd, John Leguizamo, Debbie Reynolds, Debra Monk, Nate Mooney, Adam Paul, Fisher Stevens
Director: Julie Anne Robinson
Rated: PG-13
Running Time: 1 hr. 46 min.
Genre: Drama, Mystery & Suspense, Comedy
Theater Release: Jan 27, 2012
DVD Release: May 15, 2012
Synopsis: A proud, born-and-bred Jersey girl, Stephanie Plum's got plenty of attitude, even if she's been out of work for the last six months and just lost her car to a debt collector. Desperate for some fast cash, Stephanie turns to her last resort: convincing her sleazy cousin to give her a job at his bail bonding company...as a recovery agent. True, she doesn't even own a pair of handcuffs and her weapon of choice is pepper spray, but that doesn't stop Stephanie from taking on Vinny's biggest bail-jumper: former vice cop and murder suspect Joe Morelli - yup, the same sexy, irresistible Joe Morelli who seduced and dumped her back in high school. -- (C) Lionsgate

Critic Reviews

  • Roger Moore, McClatchy-Tribune News Service
    Didn't Jennifer Aniston already do a bounty hunter movie? Talk about sloppy seconds.
  • Sheri Linden, Los Angeles Times
    An ungainly mix of flat-footed gumshoeing and strained attempts at hilarity, all delivered with an unconvincing Joizy vibe.
  • Mark Feeney, Boston Globe
    The movie has the by-the-numbers efficiency of a decent TV series, and about as much flavor.
  • Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News
    There have been notable exceptions, but Heigl tends to imbue her characters with an off-putting mix of insecurity and abrasiveness. This film is a prime example.
  • Stephen Whitty, Newark Star-Ledger
    I guess I can't call the movie sexist as it was largely produced, directed and written by women. So I'll settle for calling it dull, corny and amateurish instead.
  • A.O. Scott, New York Times
    There is action of a sort -- a car blows up, shots are fired -- and what might pass for witty, sexy banter to someone who once overheard a conversation about an episode of Moonlighting.
  • Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly
    Imagine an Elmore Leonard movie scripted by a bad Nora Ephron imitator, and you'll have an idea of how dead-in-the-Jersey-water it is.
  • Melissa Anderson, Village Voice
    Punitively dull.
  • Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
    Everything in One for the Money rings cringingly false.
  • Andrew Barker, Variety
    Tedious and tonally inept.
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