One for the Money [review].

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I started reading the Plum series by Janet Evanovich years ago & stopped around book 12 because that was the extent of what was published at the time. I lost interest waiting for the next book to be released.


When I saw the previews for One for the Money, I immediately wanted to see it. I also immediately started re-reading the series. I just started Lean Mean Thirteen.


I was nervous about the casting for this movie. I didn't mind Katherine Heigl as Stephanie Plum, although I found her in and out Jersey accent to be annoying & distracting. She described having a Jersey accent as "nervewracking." What bothered me most was that neither Ranger, nor Morelli, seemed right. There was no chemistry between Plum & either men. It was awkward. Neither of the men were as I had pictured them from reading the books. Ranger wasn't as buff & smokin' hot & Morelli wasn't as lean & Italian. Italian for Heaven's sake. & he had blue eyes in the movie! I also felt Ranger seemed too young. He was Special Forces & two months older than Stephanie in the book. He looks like a baby in the movie. But I do think they dressed him accurately.

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I was also annoyed that there seemed to be so many parts of the book removed. It felt choppy to me. There were also many things that were so different from the book, which is to be expected to some extent, but they bothered me. Like how Morelli had a red Jeep. Not a blue Explorer. Like how Morelli is Italin & had dark hair & dark eyes. Not blue eyes. In the book, Lula is brutally raped & nearly murdered & left on Stephanie's fire escape outside of her bedroom window. In the movie, they push her out of a truck in front of Stephanie's apartment & the truck speeds away. In fact, she doesn't even have a fire escape in the movie. Benito also stalks Stephanie throughout the book. You're afraid of him. He's a really scary guy. In the movie, there is none of that. He calls her once.

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When the movie was over, I was disappointed. Maybe I set myself up for it because I was so, so psyched to see the movie. I love the books so much. They are hilarious. Literally laugh out loud while you read them. Compared to the book series, the movie came up short.