Be Cool
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Mixed or average reviews- based on 73 Ratings
- Starring: Dwayne Johnson, John Travolta, Uma Thurman, Vince Vaughn
- Summary: 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. (MGM)
- Director: F. Gary Gray
- Genre(s): Comedy, Crime
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Positive: 5 out of 38
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Mixed: 18 out of 38
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Negative: 15 out of 38
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75It's instantly forgettable, but smooth fun most of the way.
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60Rock is brave, fully invested in his character, and with a wide-open face and foolish grin, outrageously funny. It's a singular performance achieved without condescension or camp. Who'd a-thunk it?
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60Be Cool more often evokes the image of a screenwriter furiously trying draft after draft to accommodate all the stars. Accommodating the audience becomes a distant priority.
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38A classic species of bore: a self-referential movie with no self to refer to. 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.
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Positive: 15 out of 53
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Mixed: 9 out of 53
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Negative: 29 out of 53
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PatC.5A Tarantino-style knock-off with Travolta in a role of non-stop Jedi mind tricks, and a disinterested performance by Thurman.
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