Get Shorty (1995)

Written by GenerationofSwine on January 14, 2023

You know what, I really love Elmore Leonard, and a part of me feels that nearly any movie made from his works is going to come out as fresh, original, and worth watching.

This is the rare exception.

Here they took a classic Elmore Leonard plot and made it too Hollywood for its own good. And then they tried a bit hard to make it too much like a Pulp Fiction film, but with less bleak comedy and more slapstick comedy.

You still have Leonard's unique originality...but the story has been raped and what's left is trash.