Be Cool

Year: 2005

Grade: D

Country: USA

Director: Gray

Review

this movie is just plain bad. get shorty was funny in part because it made fun of the film industry so effectively; it was always tongue in cheek. this one seeks to make fun of the music industry, but, more often than not, it becomes the very thing it should be making fun of. it’s an mgm (owned by sony/bmg) feature and it doesn’t pass up any opportunities to help sell albums distributed by sony/bmg – outkast, bob dylan and aerosmith are all worked into the film. very little of the humor hits the mark. vince vaughn is funny at times, but he wears on the nerves eventually. stylistically it lacks the panache that get shorty had and frequently tries to make up for this with trite mtv camera moves and edits. uma thurman is extremely good looking in the film, but that really shouldn’t be the highlight of a film. disappointing.

Watched in theater