One For The Money (2012)

I like Katherine Heigl, I really do. I want her to succeed; I think she has good comedy chops, and is pretty charming on scree. Why Oh Why then does she insist on making films like this? Come to think of it, what is Debbie Reynolds doing here as well; when I saw her name in the credits I wondered if it was a different Debbie Reynolds. Surely this can't be the same woman who starred in Singin' In The Rain, one of the greatest films ever made? Apparently yes, it is. Damn

So this is a story about a woman, who upon being fired from her job at Macys decides to make a living as a Bounty Hunter, her first case she bullies off her boss is an old flame, worth quite a bit of money, she wants to get him as he took her virginity and never called her back, except in the process she reignites old feelings, and there's a chance he may be innocent so hey, it could all work out after all....

This film is basically lazy. It's a film that says hey look... Women can do shit too. Except this is the worst example for that, as I noticed quite a lot of women in the crew, and quite frankly they're letting the side down producing shit like this. It's as though Hollywood execs are sitting around thinking that if you put a woman in a traditionally male role, make her wise cracking, that that somehow is enough to constitute a joke. It's not, and you could have done with writing some better ones for this film.

The film has a few saving graces, Heigl is very likeable, like I say, I think she's a good comedy actress, she just needs some better material. There are a couple of halfway decent jokes, not that I recall them now of course, and... well I'm struggling to think of anything else. I would say avoid this film, because it's not good at all. Comedies suffer a little here, because a bad action film, or a bad horror film can still be highly entertaining simply because it is bad, because let's face it, watching an unrealistic shark eat a man on a jetski is funny. However, with comedies, if you have a bad comedy, it's just dull, you can't be amusing in the fact that you're not funny. It doesn't work like that. So unfortunately this is one for the bin.