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by Steve Rhodes
GET SHORTY is a gangster comedy. Think of it as an overly subtle and glacierly paced PULP FICTION. There are many funny parts and some wonderful acting by John Travolta, but the spaces between the brilliance are maddeningly long. The show was a...more

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by Ed Powell
Take one Miami loansharker (John Travolta), send him to collect $300,000 from someone who was gone to L.A., and mix him with a horror movie director (Gene Hackman), an actress from his movies (Rene Russo), and a bigtime actor (Danny DeVito). Add...more

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by Ram Samudrala
John Travolta is a charismatic actor, and after watching GET SHORTY, one has to wonder why he was down and out for a while. Here, he plays Chili Palmer, a smooth-talking fast-acting loan Collector from Miami, who has taken a liking to the movie...more

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by James Berardinelli
GET SHORTY A film review by James Berardinelli Copyright 1995 James Berardinelli more

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by Christopher Null
GET SHORTY A film review by Christopher Null Copyright 1995 Christopher Null more