Let's forget for a moment that this film is actually based on a true story. An FBI agent goes undercover as a film producer to capture a mob boss who has influence in movie business. He meets an aspiring writer-director to produce his fake movie but ultimately falls in love with the art of film-making.
Quite interesting plot. And the point of the film shifts from capturing the mob boss to the tidbits of film-making. The characters are extremely well-written, especially the agent Joe Devine and the once-famous actress Emily French. Among the actors, Alec Baldwin as Devine shines bright in comparison with Matthew Broderick as the naive writer-director. Toni Colette is also awesome as Emily French. And one should not forget the brilliant short performance of Joan Cusack as Devine's short course teacher of film business.
The film is overall humorous enough, but there are certain parts of humor that's quite unnecessary e.g. the scene where French urinates publicly in a wine glass, or the scene of Devine's dog Sacha's funeral. The nature of humor in such films should be a bit dry and satirical, not such cheap and forced. Apart from these complaints, "The Last Shot" is quite an entertainment.
Quite interesting plot. And the point of the film shifts from capturing the mob boss to the tidbits of film-making. The characters are extremely well-written, especially the agent Joe Devine and the once-famous actress Emily French. Among the actors, Alec Baldwin as Devine shines bright in comparison with Matthew Broderick as the naive writer-director. Toni Colette is also awesome as Emily French. And one should not forget the brilliant short performance of Joan Cusack as Devine's short course teacher of film business.
The film is overall humorous enough, but there are certain parts of humor that's quite unnecessary e.g. the scene where French urinates publicly in a wine glass, or the scene of Devine's dog Sacha's funeral. The nature of humor in such films should be a bit dry and satirical, not such cheap and forced. Apart from these complaints, "The Last Shot" is quite an entertainment.