Get Shorty vs LaRoy, Texas
LaRoy, Texas has the higher audience score (6.9/10 against 6.5/10 for Get Shorty). Get Shorty is the shorter watch at 1h 45m compared with 1h 50m. Get Shorty is the older of the two (1995 against 2024). Both are comedy, crime, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Get Shorty
LaRoy, Texas| Get Shorty | LaRoy, Texas | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.5/10 | ★ 6.9/10 |
| Year | 1995 | 2024 |
| Length | 1h 45m | 1h 50m |
| Genres | Comedy, Crime, Thriller | Comedy, Crime, Thriller |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Barry Sonnenfeld | Shane Atkinson |
| Main cast | Miguel Sandoval, Danny DeVito, Dennis Farina, Delroy Lindo, Gene Hackman | John Magaro, Steve Zahn, Matthew Del Negro, Emily Pendergast, Bob Clendenin |
Synopsis
Get Shorty
Chili Palmer is a Miami mobster who gets sent to L.A. 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.
LaRoy, Texas
Broke and depressed, Ray is mistaken for a dangerous hitman and given an envelope of cash. Along with his P.I. friend Skip, he must escape the actual hitman to make it out of LaRoy alive.
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