In a sad comeback attempt, the Get Shorty sequel, Be Cool, comes up so short in comparison.
The bloated Chili Palmer (John Travolta) crosses over from Movie Producer to Music Producer with the help of already-producer Edie (Uma Thurman). They’re trying to produce an album for the “Up and Coming Recording Artist” (Christina Milian) whose character name escapes me at the moment. But they find trouble in a contract between her and her former Nightclub Producer, Raji (Vince Vaughn) and a couple of Gangtas (lead by Cedric the Entertainer).
I think this movie was trying too hard to poke-fun at Gangta World and the Music Business, and the outcome was totally askew. Yeah, you might laugh at some points while watching this total sloppy mess, but that’s probably just the booze talking.
I wanted to leave the theater when I saw this “film”. Every actor brought a contemptible preformance to it that was supposed to be their supposed “coolness”. Even Thurman, who is always usually stunning, as in Kill Bill Volumes 1 and 2 an Pulp Fiction, was just as pathetically cloying as the rest. Travolta was stiff and augmented, lacking the “Cool” which this movie seems to boast about constantly, even in the title. Christina Milian’s acting was even less convincing than Travolta and Thurman, but she has an excuse because this was her first film and she’s not even an actress. And even sadder, she sucked as a preformer, and that is her job.
Vince Vaughn gains a few cheap laughs as the “Wangsta” Nightclub Producer, but remember, I said cheap. Travolta and Thurman even try to revive their Pulp Fiction days on the dance floor, but end up coming so short.
I can’t believe I actually paid good money to see this movie in a theater when I could have just paid $4.50 to rent it at Blockbuster, even though I still would have used good money and I regret that severely.
I know this movie was kind of “a Must-See Comedy” about a year ago, but that was only because there were so many celebrities starring. I could list them all, but I bet you already know.
If this is “Cool”, then slap some patched-up, horn-rimmed glasses and a pocket-protector on me and call me a Loser!! I give this “film” an 8 Beer Rating because I hated it wholeheartedly. Please don’t see this Piece-of-Crap movie, whatever you do!!
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I have only walked out of three movies my whole life so far…
…this was one of them. I don’t regret it at all.