Tag[]
- "In this episode, we discuss Katherine Heigl's most honestly-named film: One for the Money."
Movie Summary[]
As recommended by Elliott's Mom, a movie based on the best-selling series of novels by Janet Evanovich.
Premise[]
An attractive young woman gets hired as a rookie bounty huntress, and almost immediately becomes mixed up in a complicated murder plot.
Story[]
New Jersey native Stephanie Plum has plenty of attitude, even if she is broke after six months of unemployment. Desperate for money, Stephanie convinces her cousin to give her a job as a recovery agent with his bail-bond company. What she lacks in experience she makes up for in moxie, and she intends to bring in her cousin's biggest bail-jumper: Joe Morelli, a former vice cop and murder suspect who broke Stephanie's heart when she was in high school.
Final Judgments[]
- In the middle between Good-Bad and Bad-Bad (Stuart) @35:30
- Didn't hate it, but didn't like it. (Elliott) @35:55
- Bad-Bad movie, but one of the best of the Bad-Bads (Dan) @36:15
Episode Highlights[]
- David Kalan @6:35
- The Sarlacc Pit @14:45
- Submarine Sandwich @16:25
Movie Pitches[]
Quotes[]
- “'Attack the vagina' sounds like he's, like, got some nunchucks or something and he's just whackin' at it.”
—Dan @11:40 - “He's super cut. Like I said: he's got abs like a Ninja Turtle.”
—Elliott @17:40
Listener Mail[]
- Mailbag Song @39:00
- "Retronauts Plug" from Bob Mackie @39:35
- Retronauts (podcast)
- "" from Aaron Lastnamewithheld @46:50
- That Is All by John Hodgman (pg. 726)
- "Mickey's Screen-Used Cell Phone from Sorority Row" from Carl Lastnamewithheld @51:05
Recommendations[]
- The Missouri Breaks (1976) by Arthur Penn (Elliott) @?
- Chronicle (2012) by Josh Trank (Stuart) @?
- Haywire (2011) by Steven Soderbergh (Dan) @?