Get Shorty

1995

Action / Comedy / Crime / Thriller

38
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 70% · 57 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 70% · 50K ratings
IMDb Rating 6.9/10 10 96479 96.5K

based on novel or book miami, florida gambling gangster money murder

Plot summary

Chili Palmer is a Miami mobster who gets sent to L.A. to collect a bad debt from Harry Zimm, a Hollywood producer who specializes in cheesy horror films. When Chili meets Harry's leading lady, the romantic sparks fly. After pitching his own life story as a movie idea, Chili learns that being a mobster and being a Hollywood producer really aren't all that different.

Director

Barry Sonnenfeld Photo
Barry Sonnenfeld

Top cast

David Groh Photo
David Groh as Buddy Lupton
Lenny Wilson Photo
Lenny Wilson as Pilot in Airport
Martin Ferrero Photo
Martin Ferrero as Tommy Carlo
John Travolta Photo
John Travolta as Chili Palmer
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898.39 MB
1280*694
English 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 45 min
Seeds 8
1.68 GB
1920*1040
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 45 min
Seeds 41

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Quinoa1984 8 / 10

Like an ol' familiar song, done with some twists. Nice casting

Barry Sonnenfeld was and maybe wasn't the right choice to make Get Shorty. He's a great visualist, and his films (Adams Family, Men in Black) are also very funny, but it's hard to say whether or not another director might've taken Elmore Leonard's sly comic novel more seriously or with less depth. As it is, however, Get Shorty is a cool little treat that doesn't over-stay its welcome, and provides its cast a plethora of witty dialog. John Travolta brings on some sharp attitude, knowing the angles and wanting, as his character Chili Palmer, to get into Hollywood and out of loan sharking. Gene Hackman's funny as a fledgling producer with his first, true big hit in his lap. And supporting parts from Delroy Lindo, Renne Russo, Danny De Vito (as 'Hollywood' as you'll ever see him), and James Gandolfini, are all very worthy. It's a worthwhile watch, with a dead-on score from John Lurie. But I would reccomend Out of Sight or Jackie Brown to Leonard fans looking for a great adaptation. It's a very good Hollywood picture (reflective of what it's about), though it's not a masterpiece. A-
Reviewed by MartinHafer 6 / 10

A lot of nice vignettes don't add up to a wholly satisfying picture.

I remember that when "Get Shorty" debuted, many critics were in rapturous excitement over the film. As a result, I had very high expectations for the picture...probably too high. I liked the film but didn't love it by any stretch...and although I liked PARTS, the WHOLE left me a bit cold.When the story begins, Chili (John Travolta) is a stereotyical Italian hood who earns his money collecting for the mob. However, when he heads to L. A. to collect a debt owed by a schock filmmaker (Gene Hackman), Chili unexpectedly seems little interested in collecting the money but in becoming the schlock filmmaker's new partner. Not surprisingly, various hoods don't like this and threaten to do terrible things to the pair.The reason to see the film is not because of the script...which I found curiously uninvolving. Instead, it seems the appeal is in watching the characterizations and various vignettes. On this level, it's very watchable but nothing more.
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