Synopsis
An unemployed lingerie buyer convinces her bail bondsman cousin to give her a shot as a bounty hunter. Her first assignment is to track down a former cop on the run for murder – the same man who broke her heart years before. With the help of some friends and the best bounty hunter in the business, she slowly learns what it takes to be a true bounty hunter.
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Cast
- Katherine HeiglStephanie Plum
- Jason O'MaraJoseph Morelli
- Daniel SunjataRanger
- John LeguizamoJimmy Alpha
- Sherri ShepherdLula
- Debbie ReynoldsGrandma Mazur
- Patrick FischlerVinnie Plum
- Harry O'TooleWilliam Earling
- Debra MonkMrs. Plum
- Nate MooneyEddie Gazarra
Recommendations
- 58
The A.V. Club
During a dinner with Stephanie's colorfully ethnic family, including a squandered Debbie Reynolds, the reaction shots arrive with bludgeoning regularity, and the soundtrack's burbling organ serves as an incessant reminder not to take anything seriously. Fortunately, there's no danger of that. - 30
The Hollywood Reporter
Starring a painfully awkward Katherine Heigl, One for the Money mostly resembles a failed television pilot. - 30
Village Voice
Making even more appearances than the rodent is the Big Gulp; the lady bounty hunter is constantly consuming junk - though at least when Heigl is snacking, she isn't talking. - 30
Movieline
As played by Heigl, Stephanie is mind-blowingly charmless. - 30
The New York Times
An attempt to inaugurate a new movie franchise, something that might appeal to women and mystery fans. This is a perfectly sound ambition, but the movie, directed by Julie Anne Robinson from a script by Stacy Sherman, Karen Ray and Liz Brixius, is so weary and uninspired that it feels more like an exhausted end than an energetic beginning. - 25
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
Listlessly directed by Julie Anne Robinson (Miley Cyrus's The Last Song) from a script written by a trio of writers (Stacy Sherman, Karen Ray and Liz Brixius), One for the Money is tepidly glib throughout. - 25
Entertainment Weekly
It will have you groaning between yawns. - 20
New York Daily News
She's (Heigl) disastrously miscast as a character beloved by fans of novelist Janet Evanovich.
