Margaret A. McGurk Cincinnati Enquirer Aug 19, 2021 3.5/4

DeVito's wicked version of a self-absorbed superstar is worth the price of admission alone.

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Mike Massie Gone With The Twins Sep 13, 2020 9/10

The screenplay is brilliant (based on the novel by Elmore Leonard), interweaving fast-paced dialogue with sharp editing and plenty of humor.

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David Hunter The Hollywood Reporter Oct 25, 2019

How cool can a mere movie be? A perfect cast and great script, based on a hilariously witty best seller, are key elements. When you add a talented director and let the magic of Hollywood take over, the result is Get Shorty.

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Manohla Dargis Spin Oct 25, 2019

Like the Elmore Leonard novel it adapts, Get Shorty is fast, very funny, minorly caustic, and about as consequential and lasting as the movies Chili himself tries to green-light.

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Matt Brunson Film Frenzy Jan 12, 2019 4/4

Get Shorty - for all its critical and commercial acclaim - has never received its due as one of the funniest Hollywood films of modern times.

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Chance Solem-Pfeifer PopMatters Nov 20, 2018

Get Shorty belongs to a long line of spoofs that still appeal to Hollywood magic in their very design.

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Carol Buckland CNN.com Jan 5, 2018

It's terrifically entertaining.

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Owen Gleiberman Entertainment Weekly Sep 7, 2011 B

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Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews Mar 19, 2011 A

A pleasing satire on gangsters, hustlers and Hollywood.

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David Ansen Newsweek May 7, 2008

Hollywood has been in love with mobsters since the beginning of movies. But the other side of the equation has seldom been considered. That is, until now.

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Harlan Jacobson TV Guide May 7, 2008 3/5

This Hollywood is the one we want to believe exists: no film school snots here, no MBA's, no dock-worker philosophers-turned-screenwriters. Just a town full of second-rate swindlers where a clear-eyed racketeer can keep his eye on the ball and rise.

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Variety Staff Variety May 7, 2008

A drolly offbeat look at Hollywood mores dedicated to the proposition that the best preparation for becoming a film producer is a stint in the criminal underworld.

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Jonathan Rosenbaum Chicago Reader May 7, 2008

An entertaining comedy-thriller adapted by Scott Frank from the Elmore Leonard best-seller and directed with bounce (if not much nuance) by Barry Sonnenfeld.

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Betsy Bozdech DVDJournal.com Oct 22, 2006 3.5/4

Get Shorty mixes two movie plot chestnuts -- the showbiz comedy and the mob picture -- and comes up with something fresh and unexpected.

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JoBlo JoBlo's Movie Network Jul 14, 2006 9/10

A very cool, very fresh, very slick crime flick.

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Jesse Hassenger PopMatters Sep 24, 2005

Sonnenfeld keeps all of this under two hours by cutting the movie at a dazzling clip.

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David Nusair Reel Film Reviews Mar 20, 2005 2.5/4

...a mostly watchable yet frustratingly hit-and-miss endeavor...

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