A freewheeling comedy-thriller with the gift of the gab.
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05/07/08
Get Shorty (1995)
85 %
Reviews Counted: 47 Fresh: 40 Rotten:7 Average Rating: 7.7/10
Runtime: 1 hr 48 mins
Synopsis: This slick adaptation of Elmore Leonard's 1990 novel features John Travolta as Chili Palmer, a Miami loan shark who's been sent to L.A. to collect on a bad debt from trash movie producer Harry Zimm (Gene Hackman), the maker of the stunning flops "Grotesque" and "Slime People." But this is... [More]
Genre: Comedies
Starring: John Travolta, Rene Russo, Gene Hackman, Danny DeVito, Delroy Lindo
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An award winning film that is thoroughly entertaining, one that you can watch again, and again, and ….
10/30/02
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Hollywood has been in love with mobsters since the beginning of movies. But the other side of the equation has seldom been considered. That is, until now.
05/07/08
This Hollywood is the one we want to believe exists: no film school snots here, no MBA's, no dock-worker philosophers-turned-screenwriters. Just a town full of second-rate swindlers where a clear-eyed racketeer can keep his eye on the ball and rise.
05/07/08
A drolly offbeat look at Hollywood mores dedicated to the proposition that the best preparation for becoming a film producer is a stint in the criminal underworld.
05/07/08
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An entertaining comedy-thriller adapted by Scott Frank from the Elmore Leonard best-seller and directed with bounce (if not much nuance) by Barry Sonnenfeld.
05/07/08
Sonnenfeld keeps all of this under two hours by cutting the movie at a dazzling clip.
09/24/05
...it seems clear that Get Shorty will appeal mostly to those familiar with the source material - as it has to be more coherent and fleshed out than this.
03/20/05
It's not an official masterpiece, but like Casablanca, it's a virtually flawless product of the Hollywood machine.
03/03/05
Released in the shadow of Pulp Fiction, Get Shorty — for all its acclaim — has never received its due as one of the funniest Hollywood films of modern times.
02/24/05
Has more than a few nasty quips directed at Hollywood and the vacuous, egotistical people who populate it.
01/13/04
It's part of the joke here that Chili is a die-hard cineaste and loves reminiscing about smart, stylish tough-guy films he has enjoyed. Get Shorty belongs on that list.
05/20/03
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Critical Consensus: Not So Cool
posted by Senh Duong March 03, 2005
You know what they say – sequels are rarely better than the originals. “Be Cool,” the sequel to 1995’s “Get Shorty,”...
posted by Senh Duong March 03, 2005
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