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Shortcut to Happiness (The Devil and Daniel Webster) (2007)

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Alec Baldwin, Anthony Hopkins, Kim Cattrall, Dan Aykroyd, and Jennifer Love Hewitt star in this re-imagining of Walter Huston's The Devil and Daniel Webster - this time concerning a struggling writer who sells his soul to Old Scratch (Hewitt) in a desperate bid to find fame and fortune on the literary circuit. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

PG-13, 1 hr. 45 min.

Drama, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Comedy

Directed By: Harry Kirkpatrick

Written By: Pete Dexter, Bill Condon, Nancy Cassaro

In Theaters: Jul 13, 2007 Wide

Yari Film Group

Cast

Anthony Hopkins
Daniel Webster
Jennifer Love Hewitt
The Devil
Alec Baldwin
Jabez Stone
Dan Aykroyd
Julius Jenson
Kim Cattrall
Constance Hurry
Barry Miller
Mike Weiss
Amy Poehler
Molly Gilchrest
Mike Doyle
Luke

Critic Reviews for Shortcut to Happiness (The Devil and Daniel Webster)

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Has to be seen to be believed -- a very rare case of a movie that's such an utter train wreck you can't stop watching.

July 13, 2007 Full Review Source: New York Post

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Lou Lumenick

New York Post

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Baldwin, like so many thesp-helmers, lacks an instinctive sense of how to place and move the camera.

July 12, 2007 Full Review Source: Variety

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Scott Foundas

Variety

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Much of the fault can be distributed to Hewitt's performance which has neither the zing nor the menace to effectively sell us that she has any credible advantage over heavyweights like Baldwin and Hopkins.

July 12, 2007 Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com

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Erik Childress

eFilmCritic.com

Awkwardly paced, indifferently acted and laughably hokey.

July 12, 2007 Full Review Source: Las Vegas Weekly

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Josh Bell

Las Vegas Weekly Source: Las Vegas Weekly

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This film took me by surprise. I thought cause the film was on the shelf for so long that I wasn't gonna like the film, but I was wrong. I found the film very entertaining. I thought everyone in the cast did a great job. It was predictable but that didn't bother me. It did remind me of Bedazzled which I liked better than this film.

January 30, 2011

Sol C

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A failing writer Jabez Stone ((Alec Baldwin) sells his soul to the devil (Jennifer Love Hewitt) for fame and fortune and ultimately decides that he wants to get it back. Anthony Hopkins adds his superstar status as the wise sage who offers to get Jabez out his pact with the Devil when he realizes that it wasn't quite

June 20, 2010

Deb S

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