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Alec Baldwin, Anthony Hopkins, Kim Cattrall, Dan Aykroyd, and Jennifer Love Hewitt star in this re-imagining of Walter Huston's The Devil and Daniel Webster - this time concerning a struggling writer ... read more read more...who sells his soul to Old Scratch (Hewitt) in a desperate bid to find fame and fortune on the literary circuit. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

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PG-13, 1 hr. 45 min.

Directed by: Harry Kirkpatrick

Release Date: July 13, 2007

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  • SC007
    January 30, 2011
    SC007
    This film took me by surprise. I thought cause the film was on the shelf for so long that I wasn't gonna like the film, but I was wrong. I found the film very entertaining. I thought everyone in the cast did a great job. It was predictable but that didn't bother me. It did remind... read more me of Bedazzled which I liked better than this film.
  • xxdebxx
    June 20, 2010
    xxdebxx
    A failing writer Jabez Stone ((Alec Baldwin) sells his soul to the devil (Jennifer Love Hewitt) for fame and fortune and ultimately decides that he wants to get it back. Anthony Hopkins adds his superstar status as the wise sage who offers to get Jabez out his pact with the Devil... read more when he realizes that it wasn't quite what he expected it to be. With a star studded cast of Anthony Hopkins, Alec Baldwin, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Kim Cattrall and DanAykroyd, I was expecting a whole lot more.
    Baldwin assumes the responsibilities of director for this movie.
  • Hamee
    November 28, 2010
    Hamee
    This one had some potential, but the cast ruined it. Hopkins should be ashamed to find himself among this mob of has beens and never made its.
  • JordanTheDestroyer
    February 16, 2009
    JordanTheDestroyer
    Two things Alec Baldwin should never ever do: 1) leave messages on his daughter's phone and 2) direct movies
  • bnyu2008
    July 13, 2007
    bnyu2008
    I'm conflicted by this one. Anthony Hopkins is rarley seen in bad movies and Alec Baldwin and Jennifer Love Hewitt are often funny in lesser movies, however, the Shortcut to Happiness seems kindof overdone as far as plot lines go.

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Lou Lumenick
July 13, 2007
Lou Lumenick, New York Post

Has to be seen to be believed -- a very rare case of a movie that's such an utter train wreck you can't stop watching. Full Review

Scott Foundas
July 12, 2007
Scott Foundas, Variety

Baldwin, like so many thesp-helmers, lacks an instinctive sense of how to place and move the camera. Full Review

Erik Childress
July 12, 2007
Erik Childress, eFilmCritic.com

Much of the fault can be distributed to Hewitt's performance which has neither the zing nor the menace to effectively sell us that she has any credible advantage over heavyweights like Baldwin and Hop... Full Review

Josh Bell
July 12, 2007
Josh Bell, Las Vegas Weekly

Awkwardly paced, indifferently acted and laughably hokey. Full Review

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