John Travolta, Uma Thurman, Vince Vaughn
Disenchanted with the movie industry, Chili Palmer (John Travolta) tries the music industry, meeting and romancing a widow of a music exec (Uma Thurman) on the way.
DVD Release Date: June 7, 2005
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November 6, 2008Being a huge fan of Get Shorty, I was happy that watching this film felt like being thrown straight back into the swing of things. Travolta is again great although a little less likable than before. The film is mainly made up of musicians, comedians and even an ex-wrestler trying...( read more)
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September 11, 2008"Get Shorty" was a very cool movie but this sequel is nothing compared to it. Although the movie has a lot of talent in it, it fails to entertain you.
I think "Be Cool" is very boring and the only positive things in it are suprisingly some of the scenes where The Rock and Andre ...( read more) -
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March 27, 2008The coolest movie in years. Total complete fun from start to finish. A great all-star cast. John Travolta has never been better. The Rock steals the show. Vince Vaughn, Cedric The Entertainer and Andre Benjamin are hilarious. Packs plenty of outragious laughs and explosive action.
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November 2, 2009After Get Shorty, one would expect this Elmore Leonard novel adaptation to be strong. It was strong alright....it stunk BAD!
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October 11, 2009Some lift from the ensemble cast and the reunited chemistry of Travolta and Thurman can't really disguise the fact that this film is a little too similar to the first (in plot, use of stereotypes and themes), overly long and the music isn't all that great. With tighter direction...( read more)
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October 7, 2009Be Cool has its moments, yes. It also incidentally has everything that makes a satire fall limp in-between those moments. People, this is not a disaster by any means, but please don't be lured by that impressive cast and the promise of a continuation to the largely superior Get S...( read more)
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Critic Reviews
March 10, 2005
Kurt Loder, MTV
March 7, 2005
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
You know a sequel isn't working when, ten minutes into the movie, a voice inside your head starts screaming, 'Please make it stop!' full review
March 5, 2005
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com
The movie feels more like a cavalcade of personalities than anything resembling a story. full review
March 4, 2005
Nick Schager, Slant Magazine
This bumbling exercise in redundant replication is as disagreeably lukewarm as a heavily trafficked municipal baby pool. full review
March 4, 2005
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
It's instantly forgettable, but smooth fun most of the way. full review
March 4, 2005
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times
Keeps wandering off on tangents, and after a while its audience does, too. full review
March 4, 2005
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
One character after another, one scene after another, one cute line of dialogue after another, refers to another movie, a similar character, a contrasting image, or whatever. The movie is like a burea... full review
March 3, 2005
David Edelstein, Slate
The bits with Cedric the Entertainer and his gun-toting posse struck me as a flaming racist outrage, and casting The Rock as a flamboyantly gay actor/singer must have looked funnier on paper. full review
March 3, 2005
Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer
Represents the mind-numbing antithesis of cool. full review
March 3, 2005
Colin Covert, The Minneapolis Star Tribune
The only worse thing than starring in a bad movie is using it to call up memories of a time when you were terrific. That's not cool at all. full review
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September 6, 2006I thought this was a great movie, And I thought Vince Vaughn, stole the whole thing!!!...What a character!!!!
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