The read
Critics rate it 12 points higher than audiences do. The highest scoring of the 2 titles in its series.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes89%
Metacritic81/100
Critics rate it 12 points higher than audiences do.
1,249 audience votes
Key crew
- Barry SonnenfeldDirector
- John LurieOriginal Music Composer
- Scott FrankScreenplay
Cast
- John TravoltaChili Palmer
- Gene HackmanHarry Zimm
- Rene RussoKaren Flores
- Danny DeVitoMartin Weir
- Dennis FarinaRay 'Bones' Barboni
- Delroy LindoBo Catlett
- James GandolfiniBear
- Jon GriesRonnie Wingate
- Renee PropsNicki
- David PaymerLeo Devoe
- Martin FerreroTommy Carlo
- Miguel SandovalMr. Escobar
Stills
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Themes
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