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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 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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    With a few detours into questionable taste, it's a hoot.

    Full Review Source: Newsday | comment Comment
    09/23/04
    John Anderson
    John Anderson
    Newsday
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    Appealingly cheesy, a tribute to the hope that springs eternal in the hopelessly inept.

    Full Review Source: L.A. Weekly | comment Comment
    09/30/04
    Tim Appelo
    Tim Appelo
    L.A. Weekly

    [Nathanson has] loaded the movie with so much adolescent crudity that there's precious little room left for anything else, including wit.

    Full Review Source: Seattle Post-Intelligencer | comment Comment
    09/24/04
    William Arnold
    William Arnold
    Seattle Post-Intelligencer

    Treads shaky ground but weathers the flat notes and emerges a comic winner.

    Full Review Source: Palo Alto Weekly | comment Comment
    09/22/04
    Jeanne Aufmuth
    Jeanne Aufmuth
    Palo Alto Weekly

    There's an eccentric enchantment and easy friendliness to screenwriter Jeff Nathanson's modest debut film.

    Full Review Source: Sacramento Bee | comment Comment
    10/08/04
    Joe Baltake
    Joe Baltake
    Sacramento Bee

    [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
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    There's no affection in this mean-spirited sendup of 'the business' and nothing to mitigate its sour taste.

    Full Review Source: New York Daily News | comment Comment
    09/24/04
    Jami Bernard
    Jami Bernard
    New York Daily News
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    enlivened by a steady stream of contributing talents

    Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com | comment Comment
    10/14/04
    Jules Brenner
    Jules Brenner
    Filmcritic.com

    Succeeds modestly where, by all rights, it should fail miserably.

    Full Review Source: Entertainment Weekly | comment Comment
    09/23/04
    Scott Brown
    Scott Brown
    Entertainment Weekly
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    The Last Shot misfires as a comedy.

    Full Review Source: Spirituality and Practice | comment Comment
    10/03/04
    Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
    Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
    Spirituality and Practice

    Unremarkable, noisy and crude; but there is a low-key kick in watching Baldwin and Broderick enjoy each other so immensely.

    Full Review Source: Philadelphia Weekly | comment Comment
    09/22/04
    Sean Burns
    Sean Burns
    Philadelphia Weekly

    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
    Movie Boeuf

    Has the blunt energy of a teamster's truck taking on speed bumps...watch underrated actors Broderick and Baldwin try to outdo each other.

    Full Review Source: Groucho Reviews | comment Comment
    09/24/04
    Peter Canavese
    Peter Canavese
    Groucho Reviews

    The Last Shot is a fun movie that didn’t make much of a splash.

    Full Review Source: 7M Pictures | comment Comment
    07/22/05
    Kevin Carr
    Kevin Carr
    7M Pictures

    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
    Andrea Chase
    Killer Movie Reviews

    Jeff Nathanson’s attempt tries to tell a nearly unbelievable true story but settles into being an unfocused clone of sharper works

    Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | comment Comment
    09/23/04
    Erik Childress
    Erik Childress
    eFilmCritic.com

    a more deft hand at the helm would have helped things appreciably

    Full Review Source: Reeling Reviews | comment Comment
    09/24/04
    Robin Clifford
    Robin Clifford
    Reeling Reviews

    This could all come off as decidedly trite, and it is, but damn, it's funny.

    Full Review Source: Boxoffice Magazine | comment Comment
    09/19/04
    Tim Cogshell
    Tim Cogshell
    Boxoffice Magazine

    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

    Clunky comedy.

    Full Review Source: Christian Science Monitor | comment Comment
    09/23/04
    Maud Dillingham
    Maud Dillingham
    Christian Science Monitor
     
     
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