One For The Money Review

Stephanie Plum (Katherine Heigl) is a newly divorced, unemployed lingerie salesman from Macy’s, who can’t pay the rent, and whose car gets repossessed. Feeling desperate and broke, she calls cousin Vinnie, who employs her as a bounty hunter. Stephanie’s first assignment is to find Joe Morelli, an ex-cop and an ex-lover. Now the excitement and drama begin as Stephanie toughens up, and buys a gun, with hopes of making some money to pay the bills. One for the Money is a comedy,action/adventure movie, based on a novel by Janet Evanovich.

Rating: 2 out of 5 buckets
Release Date: May 15, 2012
MPAA Rating: PG13
Best Age Group:12+
Sexual Content: Moderate
Violent Content:Moderate
Crude or Profane Language: Moderate
Drugs and Alcohol Content: Mild

See a clip of my review here, along with a review of “Man on a Ledge.”

Talking Points:

I liked how Stephanie (Katherine Heigl) was persistent on getting a new job. She needed the money to pay the bills, so she took the initiative and got a job…something that could spark a parent/child conversation.

I’ve heard a lot of good things about this book series, and I like Katherine Heigl, so I thought this was going to be a good, entertaining movie. Well, there were some funny parts, Katherine Heigl was good, (and so was Jason O’Mara who played Joe Morelli), but overall I didn’t enjoy the movie.

Sexual Content: Moderate

• Stephanie and Morelli (the guy she’s assigned to find) are sexually attracted to each other. In one scene, he barges into her apartment while she’s taking a shower. He handcuff’s her to the shower rod, while commenting on how good she looks, naked in the shower.
• Stephanie takes her shirt off, while Morelli attaches an eavesdropping wire to her body.
• Prostitutes are shown, wearing low-cut, revealing outfits.
• There are many sexual references and comments; one regarding oral sex.
• An elderly man is shown naked, we see his back side.

Violent Content: Moderate

• There are many gun shots and deaths. One guy is shot five times in the chest.
• Two characters get into a big fight, punching and shoving each other, we see them injured and bloody.
• A prostitute is thrown out of a car, bloody and bruised.
• An SUV blows up.

Crude and Profane Language: Moderate

• Words such as “a–,” “d–n,” “b-tard,” and “b–ch,” are each used several times throughout the film.

Drug and Alcohol Content: Mild

• Character’s are shown drinking wine at dinner.
• The bad guys are involved with heroin.

Overall this was a silly movie, with no redeeming qualities. This would be a good rental in which pre-teen and teenage girls may be entertained by,especially if they liked the book. Parents need to be aware of the sexual references and some moderate violence.

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