Be Cool (PG-13)

Quicklook Rating★★

synopsis

A comedy that centers on the continuing adventures of Chili Palmer, strong-arm debt collector turned Hollywood movie producer. By the time the story begins, Chili has abandoned the fickle movie industry. And so his adventures, this time around, concern the music industry where he becomes the promoter of a struggling singer who is being pursued by the Russian mafia.

MovieGoer Review

In this follow-up to 1995's Get Shorty, which are both are based on novels by Elmore Leonard, Be Cool tries desperately to be hip, dangerous and funny. Great films make that ambition look easy--this one reminds us of how hard it is to spin... MORE

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synopsis

A comedy that centers on the continuing adventures of Chili Palmer, strong-arm debt collector turned Hollywood movie producer. By the time the story begins, Chili has abandoned the fickle movie industry. And so his adventures, this time around, concern the music industry where he becomes the promoter of a struggling singer who is being pursued by the Russian mafia.

MovieGoer Review

In this follow-up to 1995's Get Shorty, which are both are based on novels by Elmore Leonard, Be Cool tries desperately to be hip, dangerous and funny. Great films make that ambition look easy--this one reminds us of how hard it is to spin... MORE