I often wonder how movie stars make their script choices. Katherine Heigl was on a roll for a while with some major hits that made her a bona fide box office draw. Then she made THE KILLERS with Ashton Kutcher and everything seemed to float downhill after that. ONE FOR THE MONEY is based on a series of successful books by Janet Evanovich and maybe on paper it works, but this movie stinks. Ms Heigl plays Stephanie Plum, who is adrift after getting a divorce and losing her job. To make ends meet, she becomes a bounty hunger, with her first big case revolving around a high school boyfriend who may be falsely accused of shooting an unarmed man. Nothing about this works. Ms Heigl is totally miscast as a Jersey Girl and it doesn't matter what color she dyes her hair, it doesn't work. The supporting cast includes Daniel Sunjata, Sherri Sheperd, Debra Monk, John Leguizamo, and Debbie Reynolds, who actually gives the most interesting performance in the film. Thankfully it only lasts a short 91 minutes, but it feels like hours have passed by the time the end credits roll. Lionsgate probably hoped to start a franchise with ONE FOR THE MONEY, but audiences were smarter than the studio was and smartly stayed away. Too bad I didn't do the same.
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