Review of One for the Money (2012) by Cemalicki — 25 Nov 2013

I've never been a big fan of movie adaptions of books, I often find that the directors add scenes or take out important scenes and the characters are never right. But I loved this adaption! And so have all of my friends and family.

I have been a fan of the books for as long as I can remember and I felt that this movie did them justice. Almost everything that was in the movie was in the book in some form, though a few scenes were mashed up. All the important ones were (the turkey scene and the shower scene being the most important) very well done and very close to the book. The dialogue was very well done and the plot moved along at a very good pace, it didn't get stuck on the relationship between Stephanie and Morelli.

As for casting Heigl may not have been my first choice for Stephanie, but I don't think anyone else would have done better. O'Mara (Morelli) and Sunjata (Ranger) were not quite right for there parts, but each was very convincing. Debbie Reynolds as Grandma Muzer was wonderful, and she was quite convincing. The best though was Sherri Shepherd as Lula, while all the rest were as close as you can get, she was exactly how I always pictured Lula.

If you are undecided on whether to watch this movie, I say go for it. It is one of my favourites and will always be.