One for the Money: Critic Reviews

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MovieWeb: 2 reviews

Rotten Tomatoes: 59 reviews

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Owen Gleiberman Entertainment Weekly (Top Critic)

17

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.
Full Review » 1 year ago
A.O. Scott New York Times (Top Critic)

20

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.
Full Review » 1 year ago
Mark Feeney Boston Globe (Top Critic)

50

The movie has the by-the-numbers efficiency of a decent TV series, and about as much flavor.
Full Review » 1 year ago
Melissa Anderson Village Voice (Top Critic)

Punitively dull.
Full Review » 1 year ago
Elizabeth Weitzman New York Daily News (Top Critic)

20

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.
Full Review » 1 year ago
Roger Moore Dallas Morning News (Top Critic)

25

Didn't Jennifer Aniston already do a bounty hunter movie? Talk about sloppy seconds.
Full Review » 1 year ago
Andrew Barker Variety (Top Critic)

Tedious and tonally inept.
Full Review » 1 year ago
Peter Howell Toronto Star (Top Critic)

25

To compare this mess to a sitcom would be an insult to sitcoms.
Full Review » 1 year ago
Liam Lacey Globe and Mail (Top Critic)

25

One for the Money is tepidly glib throughout. Even violent murders are followed by wisecracks or another prurient opportunity to ogle Heigl's behind and cleavage.
Full Review » 1 year ago
Frank Scheck Hollywood Reporter (Top Critic)

Janet Evanovich's best-selling Stephanie Plum series deserved better than this woefully executed, stillborn attempt at a franchise.
Full Review » 1 year ago
Peter Travers Rolling Stone (Top Critic)

0

Everything in One for the Money rings cringingly false.
Full Review » 1 year ago
Sheri Linden Los Angeles Times (Top Critic)

30

An ungainly mix of flat-footed gumshoeing and strained attempts at hilarity, all delivered with an unconvincing Joizy vibe.
Full Review » 1 year ago
Michael Dequina TheMovieReport.com

38

One doesn't need to have any familiarity with the Stephanie Plum novel series to immediately hear and see what an ill fit Katherine Heigl is for the role.
Full Review » 12 months ago
Brent Simon Shared Darkness

Full Review » 1 year ago
Simon Weaving Screenwize

40

Light and fluffy as a cupcake, Katherine Heigl's many talents are truly wasted in this story based on the first of eighteen best-selling Stephanie Plum novels.
Full Review » 1 year ago
Roger Moore McClatchy-Tribune News Service

25

Didn't Jennifer Aniston already do a bounty hunter movie? Talk about sloppy seconds.
Full Review » 1 year ago
Sam Bathe Fan The Fire

40

One For The Money is a paint-by-numbers chick-flick that'll make you laugh a few times but won't particularly enamour.
Full Review » 1 year ago
Graham Young Birmingham Post

20

Apart from the three girls behind me constantly shifting their legs so that it made my otherwise empty row feel as if I was in an earthquake, One For The Money is an utterly lifeless, joyless experience.
Full Review » 1 year ago
Ed Whitfield The Ooh Tray

Heigl deserves better than this.
Full Review » 1 year ago
Shaun Munro What Culture

20

Ultimately, it's further proof that Katherine Heigl picks her projects by stapling all potential scripts to a wall and throwing a dart.
Full Review » 1 year ago
This is London

20

The film miscasts Heigl and doesn't do much good for Debbie Reynolds as Grandma, either.
Full Review » 1 year ago
Christopher Tookey Daily Mail [UK]

0

Director Julie Anne Robinson never finds a convincing tone and ruins everything with over-emphatic comedy reaction shots and a music track that keeps telling us how funny everything is (it isn't).
Full Review » 1 year ago
Dan Stewart Little White Lies

20

As bland and flavourless as movies come. Please God, no Two For The Show!
Full Review » 1 year ago
Siobhan Synnot Scotsman

40

Is there no stopping Katherine Heigl? Please.
Full Review » 1 year ago
Ed Gibbs The Sun Herald

10

With yet another ho-hum run at the multiplexes, Katherine Heigl's big-screen resume is fast looking like an insider's gag.
Full Review » 1 year ago