• The Last Shot (2004)

    In pursuit of a crime kingpin, government operative Joe Devine (Alec Baldwin) poses as an entertainment industry big shot in hopes of leveraging Mafia-connected union man Tommy Sanz (Tony Shalhoub). To enact the guise, Joe must pretend to be filming an actual movie. So he taps would-be director Steven Schats (Matthew Broderick) without explaining that the flick is a ruse. Joe is so taken, however, with his posh new lifestyle that he begins to forget all about catching criminals.

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The Last Shot
47
metacriticBased on 22 Critics
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Release Date: September 24th, 2004

DVD Release Date: May 10th, 2005

R |1 hr 33 min

Plot Summary

In pursuit of a crime kingpin, government operative Joe Devine (Alec Baldwin) poses as an entertainment industry big shot in hopes of leveraging Mafia-connected union man Tommy Sanz (Tony Shalhoub). To enact the guise, Joe must pretend to be filming an actual movie. So he taps would-be director Steven Schats (Matthew Broderick) without explaining that the flick is a ruse. Joe is so taken, however, with his posh new lifestyle that he begins to forget all about catching criminals.

Cast: Matthew Broderick, Alec Baldwin, Toni Collette, Tony Shalhoub, Calista Flockhart, Tim Blake Nelson, Ray Liotta, James Rebhorn

Director: Jeff Nathanson

Genres: Comedy

Production Co: High Arc Productions, MBST Entertainment, Touchstone Pictures, Burro Productions, Walt Disney Pictures, Mandeville Films, Walt Disney Studios

Distributors: Buena Vista Pictures

Keywords: Transformation , Underdog , 2000s , Quest , Cheeky , Brother , Madcap , Girlfriend ,

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  • 50
    Michael RechtshaffenThe Hollywood Reporter

    An often funny if slight satire that's never as edgy as it thinks it is or as sharply focused as it needs to be. show more

  • 75
    Roger EbertChicago Sun-Times

    Not a well-oiled enterprise but more of a series of laughs separated by waits for more laughs. It has a kind of earnest, eager quality, and it's so screwy you feel affection for it. show more

  • 25
    Steven ReaPhiladelphia Inquirer

    Cross "Get Shorty" with "State and Main" - Hollywood hustlers, colorful crooks, crafty poseurs, and a production crew on location - and you have the stuff of The Last Shot. One other thing: eliminate anything funny. show more

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