The Last Shot
User Score
7.2 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 5 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 5
  3. Negative: 0 out of 5

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  1. JeffL.
    Nov 5, 2004
    7
    Fast-paced, extremely likeable, periodically hilarious farce about an eager FBI agent (Alec Baldwin) who sets up a sting operation against mobster Tony Shalhoub by setting up a phony movie production. Of course, the would-be film's naive first-time writer/director (Matthew Broderick), his sexy ditz of a star (delicious Toni Collette), and the rest of the principals have no idea that their movie isn't really being made. Perhaps the fact that the screenplay is called "Arizona" and they're forced to shoot the thing in chilly Providence, Rhode Island, should have been their first clue, but Hollywood self-delusion is certainly one of the film's main targets. Furthermore, Baldwin and his FBI cohorts become so seduced by the idea of making a movie they nearly lose sight of their "real" jobs. The plot is sort of Get Shorty meets The Producers, with one of the best supporting casts of the year, including memorable turns by Joan Cusack, Calista Flockhart, Ray Liotta, Tim Blake Nelson, and Buck Henry, among others (also a few cameos I won't spoil by giving away.) A treat for film buffs and anyone who enjoys well-oiled farce.… Expand
  2. MikeR.
    Sep 28, 2004
    10
    Thought it was hilarious - so many great little jokes injected throughout the film. Broderick and Baldwin are great together too - and Cusack's supporting role almost made me pee my pants.
  3. LevisO.
    May 15, 2005
    5
    It's quite good but should have much MUCH better than this.
  4. jodyp/
    Nov 14, 2005
    9
    Yes the ending was flat but. the laughs were there.You feel for matthew character and alex.Being just an average person watching the people in the FBI.

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Metascore
47 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 22 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 22
  2. Mixed: 12 out of 22
  3. Negative: 3 out of 22
  1. The A.V. Club
    Reviewed by: Scott Tobias
    60
    Given an irresistible premise, Nathanson doesn't trust his material enough to follow through without excessive mugging, but his sense of the absurd leads to amusing digressions along the way.
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  2. Rolling Stone
    Reviewed by: Peter Travers
    25
    Never achieves liftoff.
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  3. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Scott Brown
    67
    Teetering on an abyss of meta-wackiness, The Last Shot -- a movie about movie fakery, based on a true story about a fake movie -- succeeds modestly where, by all rights, it should fail miserably.
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