One for the Money (2012) on Netflix
PG-1320121h 31mActionComedyCrime
Broke and divorced, Stephanie Plum becomes a bail enforcement agent for her cousin Vinnie. Her first case is Joe Morelli, a vice detective and ex-boyfriend who skipped bail on a murder charge.
- Netflix3.5/5
- IMDb5.3/1045,675 votes
- Rotten Tomatoes2%
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Plot summary
Stephanie Plum is divorced, unemployed and broke in Trenton, New Jersey. She pressures her cousin Vinnie, who runs a bail bonds business, into giving her work as a bail enforcement agent. Her first assignment is Joe Morelli, a vice detective who skipped a $500,000 bail and is wanted for the murder of a heroin dealer, Ziggy Kulesza. Morelli is also her former high school boyfriend. A police officer friend tells her Morelli shot Ziggy in the apartment of Carmen Sanchez; Morelli claims self-defense, but no weapon was found and Carmen has disappeared. The inexperienced Stephanie loses Morelli on their first encounter and turns to Ricardo "Ranger" Manoso, a veteran bounty hunter, who explains the case and buys her a gun.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about One for the Money (2012)
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- The film was promoted using discount ticket offers from Groupon; exit polling indicated an estimated 11% bought tickets using Groupon, and 93% of that segment said they would not have attended otherwise. Box Office Mojo estimated the "Groupon bump" at around $1 million.
- Author Janet Evanovich said in an October 2010 interview that TriStar Pictures had purchased the rights to her novel thirteen years previously and the film had been in development hell since, adding: "Hard to believe they've been sitting on this multi-million dollar franchise for all these years but go figure."
- The end credits carry the line "In Fond Memory of Michael Dennison" because costume designer Dennison died from a brain aneurysm on September 2, 2010 during the film shoot in Pittsburgh, stunning a cast and crew who were preparing to wrap principal photography.
- Heigl was nominated for a Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actress for her performance in the film, but lost the award to Kristen Stewart, cited for both Snow White and the Huntsman and The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2.
- The film was later ranked number 46 in a Rotten Tomatoes editorial on the 100 worst movies of all time, a rare showing for a mainstream studio comedy on such a list.
- Principal photography took place in the Ambridge borough in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, and the film was the last theatrical appearance of Debbie Reynolds before her death on December 28, 2016.
