One For The Money

Based on the best selling novel by Janet Evanovich, the first in the Stephanie Plum series has finally, after much anticipation made it's way onto the big screens with it's début One For The Money.

After being laid off from her managerial job in the lingerie department at Macy's, Stephanie Plum (Katherine Heigl) is strapped for cash and the bills are piling. Lucky enough to live in the family orientated neighbourhood of "The Burg" in south Trenton New Jersey Stephanie is soon working for cousin Vinnie, a bail bondsman. She can hardly resist going on the hunt for high school flame and bad boy Joseph Morelli (Jason O'Mara), and the £50,000 she'd get if she catch him is just an added bonus. With the help of luck, charm and a covert mentor named Ranger (Daniel Sunjata), Stephanie Plum manages to play G.I Jane with minimal cuts and bruises along the way.

There couldn't be a more subjective movie for me to review, as the Stephanie Plum series by Janet Evanovich happens to be my favourite series of books. Here it goes. 

The movie I thought, though having a very substantial plot, lacked a lot of depth and meaning especially in character detailing. Plum's narration as a form of introduction to new characters seemed to mask their actual personalities so it just felt like everyone was playing their roles according to the omniscient direction of the narrator. Heigls New Jersey accent came and went when it pleased her and I felt as though she was putting little effort into filling the shoes of Stephanie Plum, as if dying her hair would be enough to get her into the characters mind set.

Other than that the cast choice was apt, the storyline was clear and the male leads of O'Mara and Sunjata provided enough jokes and eye candy to get us from the beginning to the end of the movie. 

To be honest that extra half a unicorn is out of the respect I have for the novel itself.