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Be Cool (2005) | User Rating
(135 votes) | Critic Rating
(11 reviews) |
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Directed by
F. Gary Gray Written by
Elmore Leonard, Peter Steinfeld Cast
John Travolta, Uma Thurman, Vince Vaughn, Cedric the Entertainer, Andre 3000 [more]
Release Date
• USA: Mar 4, 2005
• UK: 1 Apr 2005
DVD Release Date
• R1: Jun 7, 2005
Budget USD 53,000,000
BoxOffice: $55.6M
Official Website:
Be Cool Website
MPAA Rating
Rated PG-13 for violence, sensuality, and language including sexual references.
Running Time
1 hour, 58 minutes
Country USA
Production Companies
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), Jersey Films, Double Feature Films, Nina Saxon Film Design
Studio MGM/UA
More info on IMDb.com
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• Be Cool (2005)
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Be Cool Reviews |
"Be Cool" becomes a 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. The movie is like a bureaucrat who keeps sending you to another office. [read review] 
--Roger Ebert (Chicago Sun-Times)
Be Cool is chock-full of the kind of power moments that are extremely useful in assembling a trailer. But the filmmakers forgot something: a good story to hold the celebrity bric-a- brac and shtick together. It's as if they tried to build a model airplane without the glue. [read review] C
BE COOL has its share of laughs, and Travolta, of course, but even without the shadow of GET SHORTY, it's an unfulfilling experience. I so wanted to like it and it so wouldn't let me, at least not enough to recommend it. For every genuinely clever moment, there were a dozen dull ones...My advice, buy the soundtrack and rent the original. [read review] 
--Andrea Chase (Killer Movie Reviews)
Be Cool is a mess beyond repair that truly shocked me with its badness. Little did I know strolling into the theater, as I do so often, that this would end up as a viable candidate for my worst films of 2005 list. Insulting, hateful, and most of all unfunny, I can only recommend you "be cool" and avoid this vanity project dreck. [read review] 0/1
Though "Be Cool" is likewise based on an Elmore Leonard novel and captures something of his hard-boiled patois, Peter Steinfeld's uninspired script strains to entertain by providing loads of shtick for a demographically diverse cast that seems to have been chosen by a focus group. [read review] 
--Lou Lumenick (New York Post)
To say that ``Be Cool'' lacks the snap of the original confection is to greatly understate what a limp biscuit this cookie-cutter sequel is. Again and again, ``Be Cool'' follows the form of the original, but always to diminishing effect. [read review]
Be Cool, the movie (but also the book), is redundant to the point of being absolutely pointless, a sequel that's almost a note-for-note, beat-for-beat redo of its predecessor, only with all the entertaining stuff left out. [read review]
"Be Cool" might engender disappointment. There's little question that it's flat. But it's not a dislikable film, either. At least it tries to be fresh. And a lot of decent actors make a game go of it. [read review] 
Just don’t expect it to be as good as GET SHORTY and you should be okay. Oh, and if you’re a fan of the Rock…strap yourselves on for a fun time with the man…great man! [read review] 6/10
--'JoBlo' (JoBlo.com)
"Be Cool" is a pleasant enough diversion overall, but neither its direction nor screenplay is on par with the Leonard adaptation of "Shorty" or "Jackie Brown." [read review]
--Barry Paris (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
Worst of all is Be Cool's central plotline, all about a generic, Mariah Carey-ish singer (Christina Milian) who aspires to superstardom. [read review]
There's enough genuine humour here to keep us chucking, but an overcrowded cast and plot keep it from coming close to the original. [read review]
... "Be Cool" is running on empty, fueled by nothing more than the faintest of vapors left over from those earlier successes. [read review]
--Manohla Dargis (The New York Times)
If you require a logical and engaging story line and well-developed characters, ``Be Cool'' is not the place to look. [read review]
It’s this year’s “Big Trouble” or “Envy”--elaborate in design but astonishingly ill-executed and wretchedly unfunny. [read review] F
Cool simply suffers from farm-team casting when compared to the major league players that populated Shorty [read review] 
--Sean O'Connell (FilmCritic.com)
Be cool and avoid this pathetic sequel like the plague. [read review]
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