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Directed by Barry Sonnenfeld
Get Shorty
An acclaimed, rewatchable comedy.
Comedy
Thriller
Crime
1995
1h 45m
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.
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6What people say
It is amazing how fast you can get cinephiles to love a loan shark who routinely threatens and beats people just by making him a fellow cinephile. Look at how excited Chili is to meet a stunt man! He knows the dialogue from Touch of Evil by heart! I can’t root against a guy like that.
63This film perfectly embodies its protagonist: John Travolta's Chili Palmer. A mobster who yearns to get into the movie business, it's so charming to watch a hardened guy follow his dreams, while collecting debts at the same time. The scene where he watches Touch of Evil, knowing every word of its cynical climax, distills so much of the character down to his essence. Overall, this is a fun mix of the post-modern wave ala Tarantino and the Hollywood satire, all while still preserving the Elmore Leonard feel. Maybe not as well as Jackie Brown or Out of Sight, but it's competent and breezy enough. A great cable movie.
Common questions
What is Get Shorty about?+
A Miami loan shark travels to Los Angeles to collect an overdue debt from a low-budget horror movie producer and realizes that the film business shares many similarities with his own criminal life.
Who directed Get Shorty?+
Barry Sonnenfeld directed this 1995 adaptation, drawing on his background in cinematography and his prior success with The Addams Family.
