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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.
Lou Lumenick, New York Post
Shortcut to Happiness
The devil is in the details.
2007 · 1h 42m · PG-13
Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Directed by
Alec Baldwin
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Shortcut to Happiness
Overview
In Manhattan, the aspirant writer Jabez Stone is a complete loser: he is not able to sell his novels, he lives in a lousy apartment and he does not have success with women. When one of his friends Julius Jenson sells his novel for US$ 190,000.00 to an editor, Jabez fells envy and promises to sell his soul to the devil for success and accidentally kills a woman with his typing machine. The Devil knocks on his door, fixes the situation and seals a contract with Jabez. His low quality novels have bad reviews but become best-sellers; Jabez enriches; has success with women, but has no time for his friends. Jabez meets with the publisher Daniel Webster who offers him a chance to break the contract with the devil.
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Baldwin, like so many thesp-helmers, lacks an instinctive sense of how to place and move the camera.
Scott Foundas, Variety
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