Review of Get Shorty (1995) by Gavin M — 12 Jan 2015

This is a John Travolta classic! This movie just proves why Travolta will always be in my eye the coolest actor that has ever lived. After all, this was one of his movies that made me a Travolta fanatic at the time when I was just a little kid and started falling in love with movies, especially Travolta who after seeing in Saturday Night Fever which was one of my very first movies and is still one of my favorite movies to this day.

But Get Shorty for me reminds me of why Travolta is so cool as an actor. Maybe it's because he is from New Jersey lol, but aside from that I just think Travolta is a damn good actor and that is why I will always love Quentin Tarantino for taking a chance and fighting for John Travolta to play Vincent Vega in Pulp Fiction, even after the studio did not want him for the part as Travolta was declared a dead star because of his recent failures at the time with other movies, but thank God Tarantino fought for him because it literally is one of the best comeback stories of all time.

Right next to Michael Keaton for Birdman. But as much as I love Travolta in this movie the other person that really makes the movie for me as well is Dennis Farina who plays the gangster Ray Barboni from Miami.

He plays the character to a tee as the wiseguy who acts tough and thinks he knows it all, but Travolta keeps putting him in his place. Every word that comes out of Farina's mouth is just priceless.

As I feel he should have really got a Best Supporting Oscar nomination for his performance as I really thought he nailed the part. Rene Russo, Gene Hackman, and Danny DeVito also all turn in fine performances as well and Rene Russo who I really think is one of the most sexiest and watchable actresses of all time really shines in this movie.

It's also awesome to see Delroy Lindo and James Gandolfini in this movie as well as they really have such great presence in this movie. But for me who also shines in this movie even though it's small role is Bette Midler and you'll know the scene I'm talking about when you see it with her and Gene Hackman and even though she was 50 at the time making this movie she looked HOT! But the real credit goes to Barry Sonnenfeld who also directed Men In Black has really created one of the best movies of the 1990's.