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Chili Palmer is a Miami mobster who gets sent by his boss, the psychopathic "Bones" Barboni, to collect a bad debt from Harry Zimm, a Hollywood producer who specializes in cheesy horror films. When Chili meets Harry's leading lady, the romantic sparks fly. After pitching his own life story as a movie idea, Chili learns that being a mobster and being a Hollywood producer really aren't all that different.
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90
Rolling Stone
One of the best movies of the year and by far the most entertaining.
90
Film.com
Practically perfect in its unpretentious way, MGM's Get Shorty is the kind of smart, witty, polished entertainment that restores one's faith in the studio system.
90
In Get Shorty, director Barry Sonnenfeld's spirited adaptation of the Elmore Leonard novel, Travolta's rebirth accelerates directly into adulthood.
88
San Francisco Examiner
This movie is charming the way so few movies are anymore.
80
Chicago Reader
An entertaining comedy-thriller directed with bounce (if not much nuance) by Barry Sonnenfeld.
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