One for the Money (2012)

Unemployed and newly-divorced Stephanie Plum lands a job at her cousin's bail-bond business, where her first assignment puts her on the trail of a wanted local cop from her romantic past.

Director:

Julie Anne Robinson

Writers:

Stacy Sherman (screenplay), Karen Ray (screenplay),

Stars:

Katherine Heigl, Jason O'Mara, Daniel Sunjata

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Katherine Heigl	...	Stephanie Plum
Jason O'Mara	...	Joe Morelli
Daniel Sunjata	...	Ranger
John Leguizamo	...	Jimmy Alpha
Sherri Shepherd	...	Lula
Debbie Reynolds	...	Grandma Mazur
Debra Monk	...	Mrs. Plum
Nate Mooney	...	Eddie Gazarra
Adam Paul	...	Bernie Kuntz
Fisher Stevens	...	Morty Beyers
Ana Reeder	...	Connie
Patrick Fischler	...	Vinnie Plum
Ryan Michelle Bathe	...	Jackie
Leonardo Nam	...	John Cho
Annie Parisse	...	Mary Lou

Storyline

After losing her job, Jersey girl Stephanie Plum is broke. Needing a job she is told that her cousin, a bail bondsman, needs someone to help out in the office. But the only open jobs he has are skip tracers. She learns that Joe Morelli, a guy she knew intimately years ago, is one of the "skips". She eventually finds him but wasn't really prepared so he gets away. Another bounty hunter, Ranger tries to teach her. Eventually she finds Morelli again but he claims he is innocent of the crime he is accused of and he is trying to prove his innocence. Eventually Stephanie thinks he's telling the truth so she stakes out the person who can help him. She only finds herself in trouble and Morelli saves her. She tries to find someone who can prove his innocence but problem is shortly after meeting with them they're killed or attacked.

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Plot Keywords:

bail bond | bounty hunter | investigation | gun | gym | 

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Taglines:

She's looking for a few not-so-good men.

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Genres:

Action | Comedy | Crime | Romance | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for violence, sexual references and language, some drug material and partial nudity

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

27 January 2012 (USA)

Also Known As:

Sólo por dinero

Filming Locations:

USA

Box Office

Budget:

$40,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$11,515,790 (USA) (27 January 2012)

Gross:

$26,404,753 (USA) (6 April 2012)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Lakeshore Entertainment, Sidney Kimmel Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

91 min

Sound Mix:

Datasat Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Katherine Heigl, Jason O'Mara, Daniel Sunjata, and Debra Monk have all appeared on Grey's Anatomy.

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Goofs

At the gun range, she fires the gun 12 times straight without stopping even though it is a 5-shot revolver.

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Quotes

Ranger: I'm busy.
Stephanie Plum: I'm naked.
Ranger: I'll be right there.

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Connections

Remake of One for the Money (2002)

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Soundtracks

"Cuttin' Loose"
Written by Joshua Jeffery
Performed by The Jeffery Brothers Band
Courtesy of Bok Music o/b/o The Jeffery Brothers Band

User Reviews

Wha Happened?

Having lost her job at Macy's Stephanie Plum (Katherine Heigl) takes a job in her cousin's bail-bond business. Her take would be $50,000 if she can bring in Joe Morelli (Jason O'Mara), a cop wanted in the shooting of an unarmed man.

Normally, I make sure I see the next Katherine Heigl movie. Usually, they are fun, witty, engaging, good one-liners, good dialogue and banter, great facial expressions, some good sight gags, and come on: look at her, she is beautiful and has a very infectious laugh. What's not to like? Well, this movie for one thing.

So what happened? A bland movie happened. Nothing interesting happened. Not witty, not engaging, no great facial expressions, no good one-liners, lame banter, no good sight gags, but KH is still beautiful and I saw the movie was going nowhere so I star gazed . I prefer her as a blonde, but the script called for brunette. Too bad the script didn't call for anything else ………like a good movie.

You know Stephanie is out of her league in a bounty hunter job. And, you just know this will bring into focus many things that will go wrong and you will laugh like you did with other KH movies. So you wait, and wait and wait some more. Didn't happen. I am reminded of the last Kentucky Derby race where I am still waiting for my horse to finish.

To be fair all actors did respectable jobs. It wasn't their fault. They went through their paces in fine fashion…… as in a trance. They didn't write the script, but maybe they should have had some input. And, also to be fair Jason O'Mara, as Joe, did his level best to make this a more animated movie as it all should have been. But, he had nothing to work against. OK, he did, but the script wouldn't allow anyone else to become animated or funny. Bummer. And, there I was star gazing at you know who. Very beautiful. Story? What story?

So now what? What do I do now? Why wait for then next Katherine Heigl movie, of course. What's not to like? And, maybe it will be a better movie. Hey, she is beautiful, has a nice laugh and can act but in here she was definitely in a slump with a bad script. Good athletes go into slumps, why not good actresses? Can happen.

Let's just say this was a very bland movie good enough as a made-for-TV movie, which is to say: watchable, nothing more. Well, except for the star gazing aspect. That's something. (5/10)

Violence: Yes. Sex: No. Nudity: No. Language: No.