Be Cool (2005)
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: 40
Fresh: 6 | Rotten: 34
Be Cool is tepid, square, and lukewarm; as a parody of the music business, it has two left feet.
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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
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Cast
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John Travolta
Chili Palmer -
Uma Thurman
Edie Athens -
Vince Vaughn
Raji -
Cedric the Entertainer
Sin La Salle -
André Benjamin
Dabu -
Steven Tyler
Himself -
Robert Pastorelli
Joe Loop -
Christina Milian
Linda Moon -
Paul Adelstein
Hy Gordon -
Debi Mazar
Marla -
Greg Alan Williams
Darryl -
Harvey Keitel
Nick Carr -
Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson
Elliot Wilhelm -
Danny DeVito
Martin Weir -
James Woods
Tommy Athens -
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Kimberly J. Brown
Tiffany -
Taboo
Himself -
Minae Noji
Miss Bangkok
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All Critics (180) | Top Critics (43) | Fresh (50) | Rotten (119) | DVD (29)
I was really glad when it was over.
Top CriticOne of the cuddliest, cutest movies you'll ever see about mobsters and murderers.
You know a sequel isn't working when, ten minutes into the movie, a voice inside your head starts screaming, 'Please make it stop!'
Be Cool lacks both a focus and an edge, making it an amorphous mess.
The movie feels more like a cavalcade of personalities than anything resembling a story.
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.
Be Cool isn't the biting satire that Get Shorty was. It's lighter, hipper, and, yes, more fun.
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.
Watered-down sequel isn't meant for kids.
Self-mocking jokes prevail in F. Gary Gray's feisty cinematic version of Elmore Leonard's irreverent Los Angeles based novel.
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The characters are still engaging, but the story is a mess this time around.
Nothing here feels authentic--not the occasionally funny thugs or the supposed 'street cred' vibe that hits like a thud.
Less like a story than an assemblage of moments and top-notch character acting, but as far as cinematic trifles go, it's guilt-free.
There's some fun to be had here, but measured against Get Shorty, the movie doesn't fare so well.
The whole film is a great piece of eye candy with many LA sites and a lot of music and action.
...attempts to look effortless in seeming hip, but the wink-wink, nudge-nudge jokes about sequels, Hollywood, and the music world come off as familiar and self-congratulatory.
A half-hearted, loosey-goosey sequel so floppy and laid-back that it just sort of lounges on a sun chair and soaks up the audience's good intentions.
Funny and smart, nicely crafted without being overly artsy, and quirky but approachable. If only every sequel were this much fun.
Entretenida, obligada a quienes gustaron de las primeras aventuras de Chili Palmer, y con un soundtrack que sacará a más de uno a la pista de baile.
Get 'Shorty out of your head for a couple of goofy, irreverent hours and there's a good chance you'll enjoy this inferior yet amiable sequel.
too amiably daft to be truly biting.
Thurman looks desperately uncomfortable throughout the entire film, Keitel fails to make any real impact and the less said about Vince Vaughn's desperate mugging as a wannabe gangsta, the better.
Here's hoping the cast of Be Cool can pick up their careers after the release of this film.
Despite some dead spots, it's still a fun, and very funny, ride.
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