History Film / OneForTheMoney

* RaceLift: Novel character John Kuzack ( a slightly alcoholic Vietnam veteran) becomes John Cho (a marijuina smoker and drummer).

** Grandma Mazur, as a result of editing. B-roll footage and publicity stills show a number of scenes with Debbie Reynolds were either shortened or removed entirely. She disappears from the film completely after 40 minutes.

* LighterAndSofter: Though retaining the same main story as its source novel, the film is noticeably more comedic and less overtly violent, in an attempt to make the film feel more tonally in line with later books in the series.

** Stephanie’s showdown with [[spoiler: Jimmy Alpha]] occurs at her apartment in the book, but the film merges this with the events at the marina.

** William Earling has slightly more screentime compared to his book counterpart as a result of taking Clarence Sampson’s place in the novel.

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''One for the Money'' is a 2012 comedy film starring Creator/KatherineHeigl, [[Literature/StephaniePlum based upon the book by the same name]] by Janet Evanovich.

Heigl plays Stephanie Plum, a born-and-bred {{Joisey}} girl who finds herself in financial straits after being fired from her job as manager of the lingerie department at Macy's. After being turned down for a variety of demeaning jobs, she blackmails her cousin Vinnie, a bail-bondsman, into letting her recover some of his bail-jumpers for him.

Taking in small-time quarries for the money, Plum has her sights set on the $50,000 bounty for the capture of her ex-boyfriend, vice cop and murder suspect Joe Morelli. As she gathers evidence to track Morelli, she suspects he may not actually be guilty.

* LighterAndSofter: Though retaining the same story as its source novel, the film is noticeably lighter and less overtly violent, in an attempt to make the film feel more tonally in line with later books in the series.

* DemotedToExtra: Grandma Mazur, as a result of editing. B-roll footage and publicity stills show a number of scenes with Debbie Reynolds were either shortened or removed entirely. She disappears from the film completely after 40 minutes.

* Stephanie’s showdown with [[spoiler: Jimmy Alpha]] occurs at her apartment in the book, but the film merges this with the events at the marina.

** [[spoiler: References to Vinny's alleged relations with a duck, which Stephanie used to blackmail him in the novel, were omitted. Stephanie blackmails Vinny in the film by mentioning his drunkenly making out with her at her own wedding, plus threatening to tell his wife about his encounters with a dominatrix.]]

** Lula and Jackie have larger roles here than in the novel, partly because [[spoiler: Ramirez’s attack does not put her into a coma.]]

** Lula has a larger role here than in the novel, partly because [[spoiler: Ramirez’s attack does not put her into a coma.]]

* AdaptedOut: Clarence Sampson does not appear, though he is briefly mentioned.

** Screenwriter Liz Brixius revealed that she used the abridged audiobook as her template, feeling it was a shortened version of the story that was approved by I the author and therefore a useful guide.

* DemotedToExtra: Grandma Mazur, as a result of editing. B-roll footage and publicity stills show a number of scenes with Debbie Reynolds were either shortened or removed entirely. She disappears from the film completely after 45 minutes.

* TookALevelInBadass: Stephanie isn't very impressive at the end of the movie, but is leaps and bounds ahead of where she started.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: According to Katherine Heigl, the initial cut didn’t feature Stephanie’s narration. It was added in afterwards in an attempt to capture more of the book’s narrative touches.

* TookALevelInBadass: Stephanie isn't very impressive at the end of the movie, but is leaps and bounds ahead of where she started.