The Last Shot

With its overabundance of pill-poppers, plastic surgeons, and Vin Diesel franchises, Hollywood doesn't exactly present a hard target for mockery, but we can still get behind the foul-mouthed intentions of The Last Shot, which is based on actual events. The true part of the story goes like this: A struggling screenwriter (Matthew Broderick) finally finds a producer (Alec Baldwin), but the producer is actually an FBI agent using the production for an undercover sting operation. The fake part of the story goes like this: Baldwin's character quickly worms his way through Hollywood, offering false promises, script changes, and celebrity guest spots (including the year's most recent pointless Pat Morita cameo) like an A-list agent. The swipes come early and often, needling out-of-work actors, heartless agents (Joan Cusack flaunts the filthiest mouth in the flick), and anyone else trying to scrape together a living in Tinseltown. Some of the gags tend to get a little Hollywood Reporter on us—the script boasts more industry insider name-dropping than Pat O'Brien's résumé—and the mandatory life lessons feel forced. But this vulgar comedy also digs deep into its R-rated pockets to toss off adults-only one-liners in spots usually reserved for gross-out humor and pie screwing—and we actually found ourselves laughing. (Just don't tell Jason Biggs.)