Afouotos
Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.
Nessieldwi
Very interesting film. Was caught on the premise when seeing the trailer but unsure as to what the outcome would be for the showing. As it turns out, it was a very good film.
Cristal
The movie really just wants to entertain people.
blanche-2
From 2004, "The Last Shot" is one crazy movie, with comedy ranging from stupid to silly to hilarious. The movie stars Alec Baldwin, Matthew Broderick, Calista Flockhart, Tony Shaloub, Toni Collete, Ray Liotta, and Joan Cusack. Baldwin is Joe Devine, an FBI agent who thinks the way to capture a big mob boss is to deal with the Teamsters by pretending to be producing a film in Rhode Island. The script he gets from a fledgling writer Steven Schats (Broderick) is called Arizona and is based on the tragic death of his sister Charlotte. Of course, he first has to get Schatz to change the location and a few other things.Before you know it, the fake filmmaking becomes real as Devine gets into producing and convinces the FBI that they can capture even more mobsters by actually doing the film. Soon the FBI offers him a three-picture deal.Some of the dialogue is the funniest stuff you'll ever hear, and some of the situations are hilarious. Everyone is excellent, but Toni Collette as insane movie star Emily French is a standout, as is Cusack as a Hollywood agent and Tony Shalhoub as the badly scarred mobster they're after, who says, "My wife set fire to me while I was asleep. Six months later, our marriage fell apart." Parts of this film were laugh out loud funny, a highlight being Collette's audition as well as the opening scene of the film, an FBI sting, and Cusack's talk to the people who are going to work on the film.Some people will not like "The Last Shot" at all, but it's really worth seeing for the fun it pokes at the film business, for the performances, and some great quotes.
napierslogs
Joe (Alec Baldwin) is proud of the undercover work he does in catching mob guys. When he gets transferred to Providence, he goes all-out to try and bring down Tommy Sanz (Tony Shalhoub). His idea is to pretend to be a movie producer and bring in the mob in the production of it.Turns out that in Hollywood, it's pretty easy to find a script. Anybody off the street will have one. Meet Matthew Broderick, he plays Steven Schats, the poor schmuck who actually thinks Joe wants to make his movie."The Last Shot" is actually very funny. Broderick and Baldwin are very funny together, and all the compromises that Broderick has to make to get his film made are hilarious. Calista Flockhart plays Broderick's actress/girlfriend, and her character is similar to Ally McBeal, but she's funnier.Unfortunately the story doesn't go far after it's pretty good premise, but it is a short and funny ride. Enjoy "The Last Shot" for what it is - funny, plain and simple.
Petri Pelkonen
This is based on a true story.In that story Alec Baldwin plays FBI agent Joe Devine who uses movie director-screenwriter Steven Schats (Matthew Broderick) to nail the mob.He claims to be a movie producer and promises to make a movie of Steven's script Arizona.Jeff Nathanson's The Last Shot from 2004 is some great stuff.It's funny with some pretty dark comedy.The cast is awesome.Broderick and Baldwin make a great couple.Other stars in the movie include Toni Collette, Tony Shalhoub, Calista Flockhart, Buck Henry, Ray Liotta, Joan Cusack and so on.Also the late great Pat Morita makes a visit in the movie.This is a fantastic movie about the movie factory called Hollywood and how things are done there.Steven Schats has a dream and so do many others who go there.Some of them get to fulfill their dreams, some of them just have to hang in there.
Pepper Anne
At first glance, 'The Last Shot' appears to have all of the trappings of extremely hilarious comedy of misadventures, misconceptions, and misunderstandings. But in retrospect, it was only moderately so, and probably because of much of the deadpan acting and not enough quirkiness within each character (not one of which that would border on characters common to spoof, but more of a deviation that would at least make the situations seem much more bizarre and humorous). Perhaps if Stanley Tucci (see The Imposters) or Martin Scorcese (see After Hours and Search & Destroy) had been given this material, the results would've been much better.This is the story of a federal agent (Alec Baldwin) trailing a mobster (Tony Shaloub) who has been involved with teamster corruption. The agent poses as a producer and picks up some shmoe writer (Matthew Broderick) who has been desperately trying to sell his script and, as this producer, claims he will finance the film, and even asking the writer--already astounded by the ease at which his film has been approved by this producer--to direct. The director believes he has found his golden opportunity, while the half-hearted "producer" is only interested in getting as far as necessary so that he can initiate a deal with the teamsters and nab his guy. What may seem like comparable to the hilarious mockumentary, 'Cannes Man,' in fact only tends to provide such extremes only in unusual intervals. Perhaps for lack of material, or not enough of a story to go on, the resulting comedy is at best a mediocre one with the potential to be much better.Props, however, to Toni Collette (always an excellent actress) for playing the bizarre, self-indulgent Emily French, and Joan Cusak (wasted here in a minor role) as the neurotic producer and the agent's mentor.
