Summary
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.
Good for
- Date night
- Friends night
- Party vibe
Where to watch
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Critics like it more than audiences (+15)
Critics 85Audiences 70GoodWatch 77
Tomatometer88%
Metascore81
Letterboxd · 74 K ratings3.5/5
Audience score70%
User score7.0
IMDb6.9
Box office
3.8×its budget
- Budget
- $30 M
- Worldwide
- $115 M
Worldwide it earned $85 M more than it cost.
Running time
1 h 45 min
A typical length for comedies, +5 min on the typical 100
typical 100105Half of all comedies run 91–111 min.
Reach
Streams in 12 countries, rent or buy in 122 more
+2Released
1995
October 20, 1995
31 years ago
Genres
ComedyThrillerCrimeLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
- United States
Golden Globe Awards1995 to 1996
- Best Actor, Motion Picture Musical or Comedy1996Won
- Best Actor, Motion Picture Musical or Comedy1995Won
Screen Actors Guild Awards1996
- Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture1996Nominated
Rated
- RUnited States
What's in it
- ViolenceMild
- Gore, disturbing imagesLittle or none
- Frightening scenesLittle or none
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesMild
- Strong languageNamed in the advisories
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsDate NightFriends NightParty VibePartner WatchPublic Viewing SafeSolo WatchTeensBackground WatchComfort WatchDrop-in FriendlyPure EscapismNot listed for kids or family movie night.
and 32 more43 people
- 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
Jacob VargasYayo Portillo
Linda HartFay Devoe
Bette MidlerDoris Saphron
Bobby SlaytonDick Allen
Ron KarabatsosMomo- AWAlison WaddellBear's Daughter
- AWAmber WaddellBear's Daughter
John CothranAgent Curtis
Jack ConleyAgent Dunbar
Bernard HockeAgent Morgan- BDBig Daddy WayneRay Barboni's Bodyguard
Jay MontalvoBig Guy with Escobar
Directing · 2
- Barry Sonnenfeld Director, Executive Producer
- Wilma Garscadden-Gahret Script Supervisor
Writing · 2
- Scott Frank Screenplay
- Elmore Leonard Novel
Production · 5
- Danny DeVito Producer
- Michael Shamberg Producer
- Stacey Sher Producer
- David Rubin Casting
- Debra Zane Casting
Camera · 2
- Donald Peterman Director of Photography
- Linda R. Chen Still Photographer
Editing · 2
- Jim Miller Editor
- Suzanne Pillsbury First Assistant Editor
Sound · 16
- John Lurie Original Music Composer
- Philip Stockton Supervising Sound Editor
- Skip Lievsay Supervising Sound Editor
- Lewis Goldstein Sound Effects Editor
- Eugene Gearty Sound Effects Editor
- Don Coufal Production Sound Mixer
Art · 5
- Peter S. Larkin Production Design
- Steve Arnold Art Direction
- Leslie E. Rollins Set Decoration
- Jim Ondrejko Construction Coordinator
- Robby Green Art Department Coordinator
Costume & Make-Up · 10
- Betsy Heimann Costume Design
- Natalie Wood Makeup Artist
- Michelle Bühler Makeup Artist
- David Rawley Costume Supervisor
- Ron Scott Key Hair Stylist
- Sabrina Rosen Assistant Costume Designer
Other crew · 9
- Brian Smrz Stunt Coordinator
- Dane Farwell Stunts
- Carl Ciarfalio Stunts
- Jophery C. Brown Stunts
- Doc Duhame Stunts
- Oscar Dillon Stunts
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