The Last Shot

R

Released Sep 24, 2004

1 hr. 33 min.

Comedy

List

62%

68 Reviews

Tomatometer

32%

2,500+ Ratings

Audience Score

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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Critics Consensus

Wildly uneven comedy.

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Steve D

Has beens with a terrible script.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

09/28/23

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Mike J

Perhaps one of the hill is the king of lord lord king evil lord

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

04/28/22

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Audience Member

A fun ride. Had never heard of it before but glad I gave it a shot. Similar to Argo or Get Shorty

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

06/06/20

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Audience Member

"Why have you seen so many dead people?" " I use to direct music videos." Great cast, quite funny.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/21/23

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william s

A little bit of everything is mixed into this flavorful stew of a comedy-drama and it's quite tasty indeed.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

another pic about the workings of tinseltown

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/21/23

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Jeff Nathanson

Director

Matthew Broderick

Steven Schats

Alec Baldwin

Joe Devine

Toni Collette

Emily French

Tony Shalhoub

Tommy Sanz

Calista Flockhart

Valerie Weston

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Jane Sumner

Dallas Morning News

The Last Shot doesn't crackle and pop, but the send-up of Hollywood and the government gets off some good lines and generally endears itself with a kind of earnest scattershot loopiness.

Rated: B-

Oct 14, 2004

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Laura Sinagra

Village Voice

Planned inanity never gets mad mad mad mad enough, and insider jabs like "I'm not a fake, I'm a director!" don't have the desired zaniness.

Sep 28, 2004

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Moira MacDonald

Seattle Times

It's all very loose and, while occasionally diverting, doesn't really add up to anything.

Rated: 2/4

Sep 24, 2004

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Mark Halverson

Sacramento News & Review

Rated: 3/5

Aug 7, 2008

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Jeremy C. Fox

Pajiba

Baldwin's scenes with Broderick crackle because we see Joe being drawn in by Steven's loser dreams.

Sep 16, 2005

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Kevin Carr

7M Pictures

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

Rated: 3.5/5

Jul 22, 2005

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Synopsis

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.

Director: Jeff Nathanson
Executive Producer: Todd Lieberman, Stan Wlodkowski
Screenwriter: Jeff Nathanson
Distributor: Buena Vista Pictures
Production Co: Burro Productions, Mandeville Films, Touchstone Pictures, MBST Entertainment, Walt Disney Studios, Walt Disney Pictures, High Arc Productions
Rating: R (Some Sexual Content|Language)
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 24, 2004, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jul 4, 2013
Box Office (Gross USA): $463.7K
Sound Mix: Surround

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