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The Last Shot (2004)

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Reviews Counted:65

Fresh:39

Rotten:26

Average Rating:5.9/10

Consensus: Wildly uneven comedy.

Rated: R [See Full Rating] for language and some sexual content

Runtime: 1 hr 33 mins

Genre: Comedies

Theatrical Release:Sep 24, 2004 Wide

Box Office: $376,790

Synopsis: Hollywood screenwriter Steven Schats (MATTHEW BRODERICK) is on the A-List of complete failures. With visions of development deals dancing in his head, his only ambition in life is to make movies.... Hollywood screenwriter Steven Schats (MATTHEW BRODERICK) is on the A-List of complete failures. With visions of development deals dancing in his head, his only ambition in life is to make movies. Finally, after years of pitching his morbid screenplay to anyone with even a seventh degree of separation from a producer, he is suddenly about to join the ranks of the WGA's working roster. Which explains why he's eager to overlook the fact that Joe Devine (ALEC BALDWIN), who represents himself as the man who can green-light Steven's low-budget movie, is obviously more than a few film frames short of any box office insight. In a town where perception is reality, and imposters outnumber unproduced screenplays two to one, Devine is not who he claims to be. In truth, he's an agent—not of the William Morris variety— but with the FBI, and he's on a covert mission to ferret out the mob with criminal ties to Hollywood. While hardly the sharpest tool in the crime fighting shed, Devine is as determined to be a star at the Bureau as Schats is to be one in his industry. And he's just clever enough to make the trusting screenwriter believe that at last he's on the fast track to filmmaking success, in Touchstone Pictures' comedy, "The Last Shot." Touchstone Pictures presents A Morra, Brezner, Steinberg and Tenenbaum Production, in association with Mandeville Films, "The Last Shot," written and directed by Jeff Nathanson, based upon an article by Steve Fishman. Produced by Larry Brezner and David Hoberman, the film is executive produced by Stan Wlodkowski and Todd Lieberman.The co-producer is Ellen Erwin. "The Last Shot" is distributed by Buena Vista Pictures Distribution. -- © Buena Vista Pictures [More]

Starring: Matthew Broderick, Alec Baldwin, Toni Collette, Calista Flockhart

Starring: Matthew Broderick, Alec Baldwin, Toni Collette, Calista Flockhart, W. Earl Brown, Tony Shalhoub, Joan Cusack

Director: Jeff Nathanson

Director: Jeff Nathanson
Producer: Larry Brezner, David Hoberman, Walter Hamada
Studio: Buena Vista Pictures

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  • The Last Shot
  • THE LAST SHOT is the laugh-out-loud comedy caper that takes the movie business, the Mob, and the FBI and turns them into some very funny business indeed. Matthew Broderick (THE STEPFORD WIVES) and Academy Award? nominee Alec Baldwin (Best Supporting Actor, THE COOLER, 2003; ALONG CAME POLLY) head a cast of outstanding stars who steal scenes and grab your funny bone every chance they get. After years of being on the A-List of complete failures, Hollywood screenwriter Steven Schats (Broderick) meets Joe Devine (Baldwin), a producer who green-lights his movie and makes him the director. But Devine isn't who he claims to be, not by a long shot. He's really an FBI agent using the movie in a sting to take down the mob. Inspired by the true story of the greatest movie never made, THE LAST SHOT is truly funny.
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    09/23/04
    AV Club

    Though it's not a blockbuster, it's a pretty good Shot.

    Full Review Source: E! Online | comment Comment
    09/24/04
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    02/09/06
    Time Out

    The premise of this Disney-funded movie, based on a true story, is promising, but the film itself is a hard slog.

    Full Review Source: New York Times | comment Comment
    09/23/04
    A.O. Scott
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    [Director Jeff Nathanson] sucks the life and the timing out of every scene.

    Full Review Source: Chicago Tribune | comment Comment
    09/23/04
    Allison Benedikt
    Allison Benedikt
    Chicago Tribune

    instead of a sharp satiric edge, there is the dull thud of overripe tomatoes hitting the pavement

    Full Review Source: Killer Movie Reviews | comment Comment
    09/18/04
    Andrea Chase
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    05/21/05
    Betty Jo Tucker
    Betty Jo Tucker
    ReelTalk Movie Reviews

    A funny hybrid of Hollywood satire and mob comedy.

    Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle | comment Comment
    09/24/04
    Carla Meyer
    Carla Meyer
    San Francisco Chronicle
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    A silly movie that never for a minute tries to be anything else...it doesn't require anything from its audience but to laugh and enjoy the show.

    Full Review Source: TheMovieChicks.com | comment Comment
    10/15/04
    Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone
    Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone
    TheMovieChicks.com

    The Last Shot delivers cinematic nuggies to Tinsel Town

    Full Review Source: Washington Times | comment Comment
    09/25/04
    Christian Toto
    Christian Toto
    Washington Times

    The Last Shot commits the cardinal sin of comedies: it isn't funny.

    Full Review Source: Movie Boeuf | comment Comment
    10/11/04
    David N. Butterworth
    David N. Butterworth
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    ...never quite becomes anything more than a marginally entertaining way to kill 93 minutes.

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    05/13/05
    David Nusair
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    08/16/07
    Derek Adams
    Derek Adams
    Time Out New York

    There are some very funny passing lines, but the movie's too uneven to enjoy.

    Full Review Source: Washington Post | comment Comment
    09/24/04
    Desson Thomson
    Desson Thomson
    Washington Post
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    In the terms of the money-hungry Hollywood mindset, The Last Shot is an amusing, likable sleeper hit, but not an out-of-the-stratosphere blockbuster.

    Full Review Source: DustinPutman.com | comment Comment
    09/25/04
    Dustin Putman
    Dustin Putman
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    More or less a neutered version of Robert Altman’s sexy beast The Player.

    Full Review Source: Slant Magazine | comment Comment
    09/20/04
    Ed Gonzalez
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    Slant Magazine

    The level of enjoyment one might get from a film about the film industry is probably exponentially based on one’s own interest or involvement within the film industry.

    Full Review Source: FilmJerk.com | comment Comment
    09/23/04
    Edward Havens
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    This is really funny.

    Full Review Source: Greenwich Village Gazette | comment Comment
    09/25/04
    Eric Lurio
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