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Be Cool (2005)

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Average Rating: 4.6/10
Reviews Counted: 169
Fresh: 50 | Rotten: 119

Be Cool is tepid, square, and lukewarm; as a parody of the music business, it has two left feet.

Average Rating: 4.2/10
Critic Reviews: 38
Fresh: 6 | Rotten: 32

Be Cool is tepid, square, and lukewarm; as a parody of the music business, it has two left feet.

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Movie Info

Underworld hipster Chili Palmer is back in the entertainment business in this sequel to the 1995 hit Get Shorty, which like the first film is based on a novel by Elmore Leonard. Gangster-turned-movie producer Chili (once again played by John Travolta) has grown tired of the screen trade, especially after his latest project turned out to be a box-office flop. Chili is looking for new horizons and thinks he may have found his niche when his close friend Tommy Athens (James Woods), a fellow mobster

PG-13, 1 hr. 59 min.

Drama, Mystery & Suspense, Comedy

Directed By: F. Gary Gray

Written By: Peter Steinfeld

In Theaters: Mar 4, 2005 Wide

On DVD: Jun 7, 2005

Box Office:$55.6M

MGM/UA

I was really glad when it was over.

April 6, 2010 Full Review Source: Chicago Reader

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Jonathan Rosenbaum

Chicago Reader

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One of the cuddliest, cutest movies you'll ever see about mobsters and murderers.

March 7, 2005 Full Review Source: Ebert & Roeper

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Richard Roeper

Ebert & Roeper

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You know a sequel isn't working when, ten minutes into the movie, a voice inside your head starts screaming, 'Please make it stop!'

March 7, 2005 Comment

Peter Travers

Rolling Stone

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Be Cool lacks both a focus and an edge, making it an amorphous mess.

March 5, 2005 Full Review Source: ReelViews

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James Berardinelli

ReelViews

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The movie feels more like a cavalcade of personalities than anything resembling a story.

March 5, 2005 Full Review Source: Salon.com

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Stephanie Zacharek

Salon.com

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It's kind of -- hmmmm, less than good, a little better than not bad, almost all right, mediocre without being grating, sort of in the C-minus-to-C-minus-minus range.

March 4, 2005 Full Review Source: Washington Post

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Stephen Hunter

Washington Post

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Be Cool sounds like it should be good, or at least entertaining, but it's neither. It does have some genuinely fun moments, but lacks a strong narrative to hang them off of. The result is empty, full of contrivances, and ultimately unsatisfying.

January 7, 2011 Full Review Source: ComingSoon.net

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Joshua Starnes

ComingSoon.net

Watered-down sequel isn't meant for kids.

September 30, 2010 Full Review Source: Common Sense Media

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Nell Minow

Common Sense Media

Self-mocking jokes prevail in F. Gary Gray's feisty cinematic version of Elmore Leonard's irreverent Los Angeles based novel.

April 18, 2009 Full Review Source: ColeSmithey.com

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Cole Smithey

ColeSmithey.com

click to read review [Greek]

September 10, 2006 Full Review Source: Movies for the Masses

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Joseph Proimakis

Movies for the Masses

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I dont remember a whole lot but I remember thinking, "What the hell is the movie even about?" The commercials boasted an all-star cast but that is all that it delivered. One forgettable, dry, and pretentious movie.

November 25, 2011

Albert Kim

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Loved the songs and it was funny (most of the time). And I must say, Rock was hilarious.

May 2, 2011

Dead Angel

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