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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 |