Metacritic Movie Ratings
One for the Money Reviews

A sample of reviews from critics across the country.

• 30

  out of 100

  Los Angeles Times

  Most depressing is the spectacle of Debbie Reynolds in the de rigueur Betty White role - Hollywood having relegated seniors to the category of adorably "outrageous" while it caricatures single women as desperate updates on romance-novel heroines.

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• 30

  out of 100

  The New York TimesA.O. Scott

  An attempt to inaugurate a new movie franchise, something that might appeal to women and mystery fans. This is a perfectly sound ambition, but the movie, directed by Julie Anne Robinson from a script by Stacy Sherman, Karen Ray and Liz Brixius, is so weary and uninspired that it feels more like an exhausted end than an energetic beginning.

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• 30

  out of 100

  Village VoiceMelissa Anderson

  Making even more appearances than the rodent is the Big Gulp; the lady bounty hunter is constantly consuming junk - though at least when Heigl is snacking, she isn't talking.

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• 30

  out of 100

  The Hollywood ReporterFrank Scheck

  Starring a painfully awkward Katherine Heigl, One for the Money mostly resembles a failed television pilot.

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• 25

  out of 100

  Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman

  It will have you groaning between yawns.

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• 10

  out of 100

  Variety

  Tedious and tonally inept.

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