Synopsis
Chili Palmer is a Miami mobster who gets sent by his boss, the psychopathic "Bones" Barboni, 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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Cast
- John TravoltaChili Palmer
- Gene HackmanHarry Zimm
- Rene RussoKaren Flores
- Danny DeVitoMartin Weir
- Dennis FarinaRay 'Bones' Barboni
- Delroy LindoBo Catlett
- James GandolfiniBear
- Jon GriesRonnie Wingate
- Renee PropsNicki
- David PaymerLeo Devoe
Recommendations
- 90
Rolling Stone
One of the best movies of the year and by far the most entertaining. - 90
Film.com
Practically perfect in its unpretentious way, MGM's Get Shorty is the kind of smart, witty, polished entertainment that restores one's faith in the studio system. - 90
Washington Post
In Get Shorty, director Barry Sonnenfeld's spirited adaptation of the Elmore Leonard novel, Travolta's rebirth accelerates directly into adulthood. - 88
San Francisco Examiner
This movie is charming the way so few movies are anymore. - 80
Chicago Reader
An entertaining comedy-thriller directed with bounce (if not much nuance) by Barry Sonnenfeld. - 80
Los Angeles Times
The jokes are quick, with clever jibes alternating with double-crosses and the occasional murder, and the streamlined plot unrolls like a colorful ball of twine. - 75
San Francisco Chronicle
Get Shorty is exquisitely cast, with droll, well-nuanced performances. - 75
Chicago Tribune
One of the sharper, funnier, better-cast, better-written movies around right now. But there's something about it that, well, comes up short. [20 October 1995, Friday, p.C]
