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"ONE FOR THE MONEY"
 (2012) (Katherine Heigl, Jason O'Mara) (PG-13)

Alcohol/Drugs Moderate
Blood/Gross Stuff Moderate
Disrespectful/Bad Attitude Extreme
Frightening/Tense Scenes Moderate
Gun/Weapons Heavy
Imitative Behavior Heavy
Jump Scenes Moderate
Music (Scary/Tense) Moderate
Music (Inappropriate) None
Profanity Heavy
Sex/Nudity Heavy
Smoking Minor
Tense Family Scenes Moderate
Topics to Talk About Heavy
Violence Heavy

QUICK TAKE:
Action-Comedy: An unemployed lingerie saleswoman tries her hand as a bounty hunter, and her first assignment puts her on the trail of a former lover.
PLOT:
In Trenton, N.J., Stephanie Plum (KATHERINE HEIGL) is newly divorced and has lost her job as manager of the lingerie department at her local Macy's. Strapped from cash with her bills coming due, she decides to go to her cousin Vinny (PATRICK FISCHLER) who operates a bail-bond business. Intrigued at the amount of money bounty hunters/skip tracers can make, she decides to try and collect a bounty on Joe Morelli (JASON O'MARA), a former flame she once ran over with her car after he took her virginity back in high school.

Joe is an ex-cop accused of shooting an unarmed drug dealer. But he is innocent and is working on bringing down a local heroin ring possibly involving a local gym owner named Jimmy Alpha (JOHN LEGUIZAMO) and Hernandez (GAVIN-KEITH UMEH), a small-time boxer turned enforcer. His investigation is complicated by Stephanie's bumbling efforts to insinuate herself into the case after learning about the various players from local prostitutes Lula (SHERRI SHEPARD) and Jackie (RYAN MICHELLE BATHE).

At the same time, she has to continually explain herself to her worrying mother (DEBRA MUNK), exasperated father (LOUIS MUSTILLO), and meddlesome grandmother (DEBBIE REYNOLDS). She also shares a flirtation and a friendship with Ranger (DANIEL SUNJATA), who tries to teach her the tricks of the trade and save her from herself as she gets deeper and deeper into the local crime scene.

WILL KIDS WANT TO SEE IT?
Unless your kid is a big Katherine Heigl fan, it's not likely.
WHY THE MPAA RATED IT: PG-13
For violence, sexual references and language, some drug material and partial nudity.
CAST AS ROLE MODELS:
  • KATHERINE HEIGL plays a newly divorced woman who has been...

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