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The Last Shot (2004)

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Reviews Counted:65

Fresh:39

Rotten:26

Average Rating:5.9/10

Consensus: Wildly uneven comedy.

Runtime: 1 hr 33 mins

Genre: Comedies

Synopsis: Hollywood screenwriter Steven Schats (MATTHEW BRODERICK) is on the A-List of complete failures. With visions of development deals dancing in his head, his only ambition in life is to make movies.... Hollywood screenwriter Steven Schats (MATTHEW BRODERICK) is on the A-List of complete failures. With visions of development deals dancing in his head, his only ambition in life is to make movies. Finally, after years of pitching his morbid screenplay to anyone with even a seventh degree of separation from a producer, he is suddenly about to join the ranks of the WGA's working roster. Which explains why he's eager to overlook the fact that Joe Devine (ALEC BALDWIN), who represents himself as the man who can green-light Steven's low-budget movie, is obviously more than a few film frames short of any box office insight. In a town where perception is reality, and imposters outnumber unproduced screenplays two to one, Devine is not who he claims to be. In truth, he's an agent—not of the William Morris variety— but with the FBI, and he's on a covert mission to ferret out the mob with criminal ties to Hollywood. While hardly the sharpest tool in the crime fighting shed, Devine is as determined to be a star at the Bureau as Schats is to be one in his industry. And he's just clever enough to make the trusting screenwriter believe that at last he's on the fast track to filmmaking success, in Touchstone Pictures' comedy, "The Last Shot." Touchstone Pictures presents A Morra, Brezner, Steinberg and Tenenbaum Production, in association with Mandeville Films, "The Last Shot," written and directed by Jeff Nathanson, based upon an article by Steve Fishman. Produced by Larry Brezner and David Hoberman, the film is executive produced by Stan Wlodkowski and Todd Lieberman.The co-producer is Ellen Erwin. "The Last Shot" is distributed by Buena Vista Pictures Distribution. -- © Buena Vista Pictures [More]

Starring: Matthew Broderick, Alec Baldwin, Toni Collette, Calista Flockhart

Starring: Matthew Broderick, Alec Baldwin, Toni Collette, Calista Flockhart, W. Earl Brown, Tony Shalhoub, Joan Cusack

Director: Jeff Nathanson

Director: Jeff Nathanson
Producer: Larry Brezner, David Hoberman, Walter Hamada
Studio: Buena Vista Pictures

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Full Review Source: Time Out | comment Comment
02/09/06
Time Out
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With a few detours into questionable taste, it's a hoot.

Full Review Source: Newsday | comment Comment
09/23/04
John Anderson
John Anderson
Newsday

Appealingly cheesy, a tribute to the hope that springs eternal in the hopelessly inept.

Full Review Source: L.A. Weekly | comment Comment
09/30/04
Tim Appelo
Tim Appelo
L.A. Weekly

[Nathanson has] loaded the movie with so much adolescent crudity that there's precious little room left for anything else, including wit.

Full Review Source: Seattle Post-Intelligencer | comment Comment
09/24/04
William Arnold
William Arnold
Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Treads shaky ground but weathers the flat notes and emerges a comic winner.

Full Review Source: Palo Alto Weekly | comment Comment
09/22/04
Jeanne Aufmuth
Jeanne Aufmuth
Palo Alto Weekly

There's an eccentric enchantment and easy friendliness to screenwriter Jeff Nathanson's modest debut film.

Full Review Source: Sacramento Bee | comment Comment
10/08/04
Joe Baltake
Joe Baltake
Sacramento Bee

[Director Jeff Nathanson] sucks the life and the timing out of every scene.

Full Review Source: Chicago Tribune | comment Comment
09/23/04
Allison Benedikt
Allison Benedikt
Chicago Tribune

There's no affection in this mean-spirited sendup of 'the business' and nothing to mitigate its sour taste.

Full Review Source: New York Daily News | comment Comment
09/24/04
Jami Bernard
Jami Bernard
New York Daily News

enlivened by a steady stream of contributing talents

Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com | comment Comment
10/14/04
Jules Brenner
Jules Brenner
Filmcritic.com

Succeeds modestly where, by all rights, it should fail miserably.

Full Review Source: Entertainment Weekly | comment Comment
09/23/04
Scott Brown
Scott Brown
Entertainment Weekly

The Last Shot misfires as a comedy.

Full Review Source: Spirituality and Practice | comment Comment
10/03/04
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Spirituality and Practice

Unremarkable, noisy and crude; but there is a low-key kick in watching Baldwin and Broderick enjoy each other so immensely.

Full Review Source: Philadelphia Weekly | comment Comment
09/22/04
Sean Burns
Sean Burns
Philadelphia Weekly

The Last Shot commits the cardinal sin of comedies: it isn't funny.

Full Review Source: Movie Boeuf | comment Comment
10/11/04
David N. Butterworth
David N. Butterworth
Movie Boeuf

Has the blunt energy of a teamster's truck taking on speed bumps...watch underrated actors Broderick and Baldwin try to outdo each other.

Full Review Source: Groucho Reviews | comment Comment
09/24/04
Peter Canavese
Peter Canavese
Groucho Reviews

The Last Shot is a fun movie that didn’t make much of a splash.

Full Review Source: 7M Pictures | comment Comment
07/22/05
Kevin Carr
Kevin Carr
7M Pictures

instead of a sharp satiric edge, there is the dull thud of overripe tomatoes hitting the pavement

Full Review Source: Killer Movie Reviews | comment Comment
09/18/04
Andrea Chase
Andrea Chase
Killer Movie Reviews

Jeff Nathanson’s attempt tries to tell a nearly unbelievable true story but settles into being an unfocused clone of sharper works

Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | comment Comment
09/23/04
Erik Childress
Erik Childress
eFilmCritic.com

a more deft hand at the helm would have helped things appreciably

Full Review Source: Reeling Reviews | comment Comment
09/24/04
Robin Clifford
Robin Clifford
Reeling Reviews

This could all come off as decidedly trite, and it is, but damn, it's funny.

Full Review Source: Boxoffice Magazine | comment Comment
09/19/04
Tim Cogshell
Tim Cogshell
Boxoffice Magazine

A silly movie that never for a minute tries to be anything else...it doesn't require anything from its audience but to laugh and enjoy the show.

Full Review Source: TheMovieChicks.com | comment Comment
10/15/04
Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone
Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone
TheMovieChicks.com
 
 
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