Get Shorty (Two-Disc Special Edition) (1995)-Really good!
Added 7/19/2009
I rate Get Shorty five stars as an enjoyable and very funny film about the gang, movie makers and what they may or may not have in common. John Travolta was the best of the ensemble including Danny DeVito, Gene Hackman and Uma Thurman. When I first saw this film in 1995 I told my wife that I understood calculus better than this plot. After watching a few minutes of this old film on TV I recently decided to see it again and give it a second chance. It was clear, very funny and I really enjoyed it on my second watch.
John Travolta plays a loan shark and collector who doesn't enjoy his line of work or hurting people. In fact, he would really like to make films, his greatest passion. That alone should be enough of a hook to get you to buy or rent this great film.
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Better than Be Cool but not as good as Pulp Fiction
Added 7/8/2009
It's had to say if Travolta was just caught up in the idea of being a gangster when he signed on for this movie but for whatever reason, this is one to add to the collection if you are a fan.
Both a comedy and a kinda-drama, Get Shorty is about a Mobster debt collector who finds himself in Hollywood to collect on a debt. His affinity for motion pictures gets him involved in a deal that requires some finess to pull off.
Good stuff all around...
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3.5 stars out of 4
Added 6/10/2009
The Bottom Line:
A sharp satire of the movie industry on one hand and a completely engrossing story on the other, Get Shorty is fun, funny, fast-moving, and the type of movie that you want to watch again within days of seeing it the first time: see it if you haven't.
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Get Shorty Is a classic comedy and a 5 star dvd
Added 5/27/2009
This is the first movie in the series of two the second one called be cool. I really enjoyed this one more than the second movie because I felt the actors were at their best in this movie. The actors if you look back 20 years later are some of the best we had today. The movie is rated R mainly because of the language in the movie but that is what makes this movie better than the second one they weren't afraid to push the envelope with the content in it and it made the movie a more real life situation. I will say the plot was decent but not great but when you got great actors sometimes you don't need the best plot. I tell you the first time I watched this movie I couldn't stop laughing and even now it's still funny. It's a good movie to pick up and check out everyone does there roll in the movie and I think it is a 5 star movie and still one of the best comedy's to this day.
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Elmore gets what's coming to him
Added 3/3/2009
Elmore Leonard knows Hollywood, but his insider's view of the movie business is the least of the appeal of this movie. John Travolta is Chili Palmer, a loan shark who comes to LA to collect a debt. The large gag is that Chili's utterly amoral, but brilliantly crafted amorality is a perfect pre-adaption to life in movieland. He moves almost seamelessly from the world of small-time hoodlery to big-time movie producing.
The plot makes its way through this metaphor with lots of action, sly double-crossing and grotesque thugs to spare.
But the large gag is one that you enjoy on reflection, after the movie is over. The little gags revolve around Leonard's wit (imagine: a movie with witty dialog!)and some imaginative casting. Danny deVito as Tinseltown's most sought-after leading man, Rene Russo as the delicious B-movie actress, Gene Hackman as the nervous, marginal producer. Travolta seems born for the role, he is by turns, hot, bland and violent and holds us in suspense as we wait to see who Chili will be next.
Lynn Hoffman, author of The Short Course in Beer
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Get Shorty (Two-Disc Special Edition) (1995)-Really good!
Added 7/19/2009
I rate Get Shorty five stars as an enjoyable and very funny film about the gang, movie makers and what they may or may not have in common. John Travolta was the best of the ensemble including Danny DeVito, Gene Hackman and Uma Thurman. When I first saw this film in 1995 I told my wife that I understood calculus better than this plot. After watching a few minutes of this old film on TV I recently decided to see it again and give it a second chance. It was clear, very funny and I really enjoyed it on my second watch.
John Travolta plays a loan shark and collector who doesn't enjoy his line of work or hurting people. In fact, he would really like to make films, his greatest passion. That alone should be enough of a hook to get you to buy or rent this great film.
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Better than Be Cool but not as good as Pulp Fiction
Added 7/8/2009
It's had to say if Travolta was just caught up in the idea of being a gangster when he signed on for this movie but for whatever reason, this is one to add to the collection if you are a fan.
Both a comedy and a kinda-drama, Get Shorty is about a Mobster debt collector who finds himself in Hollywood to collect on a debt. His affinity for motion pictures gets him involved in a deal that requires some finess to pull off.
Good stuff all around...
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3.5 stars out of 4
Added 6/10/2009
The Bottom Line:
A sharp satire of the movie industry on one hand and a completely engrossing story on the other, Get Shorty is fun, funny, fast-moving, and the type of movie that you want to watch again within days of seeing it the first time: see it if you haven't.
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