The Last Shot

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The Last Shot

R

2004

1h 33m

Comedy

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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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Jane Sumner

Dallas Morning News

10/14/2004

B-

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.

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Laura Sinagra

Village Voice

09/28/2004

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.

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Moira MacDonald

Seattle Times

09/24/2004

2/4

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

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Mark Halverson

Sacramento News & Review

08/07/2008

3/5

Jeremy C. Fox

Pajiba

09/16/2005

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

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Kevin Carr

7M Pictures

07/22/2005

3.5/5

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

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Kyle M

@RT77296778 Jun 15

What was expected to be a comedically passionate commentary surrounding filmmaking is more satirically expressed rather flatly through euphoric reception that diminished what was functionally hoped for, even for a committedly fake film that coerced the plot into an aimless spiral. The final conversational passage between Broderick and Baldwin is the only highlight with layered, honest admiration. (C)

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Stephen C

@bob25009 06/19/2025

$463,700.00 is a box office bomb amount made in the USA!!!!!!!!!! Why?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Steve D

@RT35616104 09/28/2023

Has beens with a terrible script.

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06/06/2020

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

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01/28/2018

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

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03/27/2015

another pic about the workings of tinseltown

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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
Producer: Larry Brezner, David Hoberman, David Permut
Screenwriter: Jeff Nathanson
Distributor: Buena Vista Pictures
Production Co: High Arc Productions, MBST Entertainment, Touchstone Pictures, Burro Productions, Walt Disney Pictures, Mandeville Films, Walt Disney Studios
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
Runtime: 1h 33m
Sound Mix: Surround