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Be Cool

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Sequel of:

Get Shorty

Original title

Be Cool

Year

2005

Running time

114 min.

Country

United States

Director

F. Gary Gray

Screenwriter

Peter Steinfeld. Novel: Elmore Leonard

Cast

Music

John Powell

Cinematography

Jeffrey L. Kimball

Producer

Jersey Films, Double Feature Films. Distributor: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Genre

Comedy | Sequel. Music. Mafia

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Elmore Leonard Adaptations

Synopsis

John Travolta is back as Chili Palmer in Be Cool, a sequel to the comedy smash Get Shorty. This time, Chili becomes a different kind of “hit” man – he abandons the movie industry to bring his wiseguy skills and negotiation tactics to the music business. When a friend is offed while they’re at lunch, Chili takes the opportunity to visit the guy’s wife, Edie (Thurman), and pitch himself as her new business partner at an independent record label. With a promising young pop-star-in-training as his protégé (Milian), Chili has to juggle her faux-urban manager (Vaughn), his gay, wannabe-actor bodyguard (The Rock), Russian mobsters, and an eloquent gangsta music producer (Cedric) to save the label and land a hit – and keep from getting popped himself.

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Critics' reviews

"A hapless comedy that already seems about ten years out of date"

Ken Tucker: Vulture
"'Be Cool' is not really cool as 'Get Shorty' was, but it's entertaining, a frivolous cocktail rather than a vintage wine."

Kirk Honeycutt: The Hollywood Reporter
"Like the characters, the scenes pile up but go nowhere; the story seems fragmented, the actors unmotivated"

Manohla Dargis: The New York Times
"A forced and wholly unnecessary sequel"

Rene Rodriguez: Miami Herald
"Despite a cast and production that seem to promise one of the year's first movies of any note, Cool never translates its promo-photo flashiness into authenticity on screen. (...) Rating: ★★½ (out of 4)"

Mike Clark: USA Today
"Considered as a sequel, 'Be Cool' is not an insult, but it’s a lazy, rhythmless, and redundant piece of moviemaking"

David Denby: The New Yorker
"'Be Cool' more often evokes the image of a screenwriter furiously trying draft after draft to accommodate all the stars."

Scott Tobias: AV Club
"A poorly written, directed and acted imitation of the first. Not funny, not clever and, crucially, not cool"

Olly Richards: Empire

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