Be Cool (Widescreen Edition)
by F. Gary Gray
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Actor: Cedric the Entertainer, Dwayne Johnson, John Travolta, Uma Thurman, Vince VaughnDirector: F. Gary Gray
Brand: TRAVOLTA,JOHN
Producer: Andy Gose
Producer: Anson Downes
Producer: Danny DeVito
Producer: David Nicksay
Producer: Elmore Leonard
Writer: Elmore Leonard
Writer: Peter Steinfeld
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Chinese (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; Russian (Original Language); French (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.40:1
Running Time: 118 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-06-07
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Movie Reviews of Be Cool (Widescreen Edition)
Movie Review: Absolutely hilarious, in my opinion
Summary: 5 Stars
I thought this movie was hilarious; it's one of the most entertaining movies I've seen all year. Maybe if I had seen Get Shorty, I would have felt differently about this "sequel," but I really don't think so for the simple reason that funny is funny. John Travolta is still the coolest cat in town, but it's the entire, star-studded cast that really makes Be Cool something I consider rather special. I think about half of Hollywood appears somewhere in this film, and no one gets in to the spirit of self-parody and hilarity more than The Rock. Truly, this is The Rock as you've never seen him before. Vince Vaughan is just ridiculously funny as a white gangsta music manager sporting Sweet Daddy's hand-me-down threads, but even he can smell the kind of unforgettable comedy The Rock is cooking in his scene-stealing performance.
I'll admit the movie doesn't have a particularly compelling plot, but this is one case in which plot really doesn't matter all that much. For what it's worth, though, you have Chili Palmer (Travolta) moving into the music business, trying to make a star out of an obviously talented young lady named Linda Moon (Christina Milian). Chili happens to have a strong connection to Edie Athens (Uma Thurman), and the timing is perfect for putting the moves on Edie because she has recently become a widow (an event for which Chili had a really good seat). There's a problem, though, because Linda is under contract with a slimeball named Nick Carr (Harvey Keitel). Vince Vaughan plays her ludicrously pseudo-ghetto manager Raji. The Rock is Raji's driver, but he's also a singer and an actor looking for stardom. I'm telling you, you've got to see this movie just for The Rock's performance alone - he's hilarious, and just wait until you see his character's music video. But I digress. You also have some Russian mafia guys running around, and Cedric the Entertainer adds even more to the movie as a music producer/gangsta who brings the whole crew when he rolls up to get in somebody's business - including his wife's cousin Dabu (Andre Benjamin), who just doesn't quite fit the role of a young gangsta.
This isn't Pulp Fiction or even Get Shorty. Don't go looking for Tarantino because you won't find him here. Be Cool plays solely for laughs, and it got almost two hours out of laughter from me. It's the kind of movie you can't really describe - it's just too kooky. I know a lot of viewers hold the movie in low regard, but I would urge you to at least give it a chance. It really is one of the funniest movies I've seen in some time. And, for the record, I also thought it was pretty darn cool.
Summary of Be Cool (Widescreen Edition)
Starring an unbelievably hip all-star cast, including John Travolta, Uma Thurman, André 3000, Steven Tyler and The Rock, and bursting with the hottest music in the biz, Be Cool is the wildly hilarious tale about a gangster turned music mogul and what it takes to be number one with a bullet. When Chili Palmer (Travolta) decides to try his hand in the music industry, he romances thesultry widow (Thurman) of a recently whacked music exec, poaches a hot young singer (Christina Milian) from a rival label and discovers that the record industry is packin' a whole lot more than a tune!Be Cool takes its own advice: It's slick, Hollywood entertainment that kills two amusing hours with relative ease and comfort. Better than leftovers but not as tasty as a full-course meal, this sequel to 1995's hit comedy Get Shorty (and based on Elmore Leonard's 1999 sequel novel) finds former loan shark Chili Palmer (John Travolta) itching to get out of the movie business, so he hooks up with a newly widowed music executive (Uma Thurman) to launch the career of an up-'n-coming Beyoncé-like singer (newcomer Christina Milian). A mock-black manager (Vince Vaughn), his sleazy boss (Harvey Keitel), and an upscale gangsta-rap executive (Cedric the Entertainer) all have a competing stake in the fast-rising pop diva's future, and this sets the plot rolling in a fun but rather hand-me-down fashion that lacks the savvy panache of Get Shorty but still provides plenty of lightweight humor. The Rock and Outkast's André Benjamin provide the best laughs in supporting roles that effortlessly relieve the movie from the symptoms of sequelitis. --Jeff Shannon
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