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Be Cool
Directed by
F. Gary Gray
PG-13
2005
1h 58m
Comedy
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Crime
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5.6
30%
42%
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Disenchanted with the movie industry, Chili Palmer tries the music industry, meeting and romancing a widow of a music executive on the way.
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Cast of Be Cool
John Travolta
Chili Palmer
Uma Thurman
Edie Athens
Vince Vaughn
Raji
Cedric the Entertainer
Sin LaSalle
Dwayne Johnson
Elliot Wilhelm
André 3000
Dabu
Steven Tyler
Steven Tyler
Robert Pastorelli
Joe Loop
Christina Milian
Linda Moon
Paul Adelstein
Hy Gordon
Debi Mazar
Marla
Gregory Alan Williams
Darryl
Harvey Keitel
Nick Carr
Danny DeVito
Martin Weir / Producer
James Woods
Tommy Athens
Anthony J. Ribustello
Fast Freddie
Wyclef Jean
Wyclef Jean
Fred Durst
Fred Durst
Sérgio Mendes
Sergio Mendes
Gene Simmons
Gene Simmons
RZA
RZA
Joe Perry
Joe Perry
Anna Nicole Smith
Anna Nicole Smith
Alex Kubik
Roman Bulkin
Darren Carter
Glenn
Carol Duboc
Pumpkin
Minae Noji
Miss Bangkok
Arielle Kebbel
Robin
Kimberly J. Brown
Tiffany
Margaret Travolta
Marge
Scott Adsit
Program Director
Brian Christensen
Hairy Russian
Nick Loren
Assistant Director
Craig Susser
Assistant Director
George Fisher
Ivan
Sahar Simmons
Sin LaSalle's Wife
Serdar Kalsin
Bearded Russian
Russ Irwin
Russ Irwin
Joey Kramer
Joey Kramer
Brad Whitford
Brad Whitford
Tom Hamilton
Tom Hamilton
Joyce Tolbert
Backup Singer
Noelle Scaggs
Backup Singer
will.i.am
Will.i.am
Fergie
Fergie
Apl.de.Ap
Apl.de.Ap
Taboo
Taboo
Carmen Getit
Carmen Getit
Steve Lucky
Steve Lucky
Kimberly Wyatt
Pussycat Doll
Kasey Campbell
Pussycat Doll
Ashley Roberts
Pussycat Doll
Nicole Scherzinger
Pussycat Doll
Shanell Woodgett
Music Video Dancer
Clifford McGhee
Music Video Dancer
Christopher Toler
Music Video Dancer
Ivan 'Flipz' Velez
Music Video Dancer
Donyelle Denise Jones
Music Video Dancer
Gustavo Vargas
Swing Dancer
Frank Lloyd
A&R Guy
Melody Thornton
Pussycat Doll
Alison Faulk
Swing Dancer
Seth Green
Shotgun - Music Video Director (uncredited)
Kari Ruth
Woman in office with Tommy
F. Gary Gray
Director
Elmore Leonard
Writer
Peter Steinfeld
Writer
David Nicksay
Producer
Stacey Sher
Producer
Michael H. Shamberg
Producer
Be Cool Ratings & Reviews
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March 7, 2025
Some Bad Acting mixed with some top tier star power. Not really that funny for me. Some scenes were fun. I liked Cedric & Andre in this movie but Vince & Christina Milan were annoying with their characters. Christina didn’t sound or dance like she knew the Song with Aerosmith. Lacking any hilarious moments it was mildly funny in a few parts of the movie. Worth a look if you are tired and you don’t have the energy to laugh or you could watch the Do Over with Adam Sandler for the same comedic value.
Common Sense Media
Nell Minow
Watered-down sequel isn't meant for kids.
Chicago Reader
Jonathan Rosenbaum
I was really glad when it was over.
Ebert & Roeper
Richard Roeper
One of the cuddliest, cutest movies you'll ever see about mobsters and murderers.
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers
You know a sequel isn't working when, ten minutes into the movie, a voice inside your head starts screaming, 'Please make it stop!'
Austin Chronicle
Marc Savlov
A messy, overlong film, but it's impossible to take seriously and therefore more than a little entertaining.
MovieFreak.com
Sara Michelle Fetters
It's a step down, a big one, on both fronts and neither does the kind of job here that could be construed as anything remotely their best.
Salon.com
Stephanie Zacharek
The movie feels more like a cavalcade of personalities than anything resembling a story.
Slant Magazine
Nick Schager
This bumbling exercise in redundant replication is as disagreeably lukewarm as a heavily trafficked municipal baby pool.
Washington Post
Stephen Hunter
It's kind of -- hmmmm, less than good, a little better than not bad, almost all right, mediocre without being grating, sort of in the C-minus-to-C-minus-minus range.
Denver Post
Michael Booth
It can't decide if it's a comedy or a musical -- rocking ballads by Milian and a duet with Aerosmith's Steven Tyler are sweet interludes but ruinous to any sense of paced humor.
Houston Chronicle
Eric Harrison
There's really no need to pay much attention to the plot.
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle
It's instantly forgettable, but smooth fun most of the way.
Seattle Times
Moira MacDonald
Keeps wandering off on tangents, and after a while its audience does, too.
New York Daily News
Jack Mathews
The book's various thugs, pistol-waving gangstas and Russian mafia are so cartoonishly portrayed they're about as scary as members of the Wile E. Coyote Fan Club.
New York Post
Lou Lumenick
Utterly forgettable -- and, yes, utterly uncool.
Detroit Free Press
Terry Lawson
The movie lacks anything approaching a rhythm -- which, as everyone knows, is the record business' deadliest sin.
Detroit News
Tom Long
The film's one redeeming quality may be its eventual use as a thesis subject for some would-be Phd ('Be Cool: Deconstructing Hollywood at its Worst'). But that will be little consolation for anyone who wastes nine bucks on a ticket for this movie.
Dallas Morning News
Philip Wuntch
Nothing is more uncool than trying too hard.
Boston Globe
Wesley Morris
What was keenly ridiculous in print seems clueless and uncouth onscreen now. Gray embraces the inanities Leonard seemed to be lampooning.
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