Rotten
I was really glad when it was over.
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
Be Cool
Everyone is looking for the next big hit.
2005 · 1h 59m · PG-13
Comedy, Crime
Directed by
F. Gary Gray
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Be Cool
Overview
Disenchanted with the movie industry, Chili Palmer tries the music industry, meeting and romancing a widow of a music executive along the way.
Director and cast
- F. Gary Gray Director
- John Travolta as Chili Palmer
- Uma Thurman as Edie Athens
- Vince Vaughn as Raji
- Cedric the Entertainer as Sin LaSalle
- Dwayne Johnson as Elliot Wilhelm
- André 3000 as Dabu
- Steven Tyler as Steven Tyler
- Robert Pastorelli as Joe Loop
- Christina Milian as Linda Moon
- Paul Adelstein as Hy Gordon
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
29%
Tomatometer
Fresh
One of the cuddliest, cutest movies you'll ever see about mobsters and murderers.
Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper
Rotten
You know a sequel isn't working when, ten minutes into the movie, a voice inside your head starts screaming, 'Please make it stop!'
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
Rotten
Be Cool lacks both a focus and an edge, making it an amorphous mess.
James Berardinelli, ReelViews
Rotten
The movie feels more like a cavalcade of personalities than anything resembling a story.
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com
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