Review of Be Cool

The former mobster and movie producer Chili Palmer (John Travolta), from "Get Shorty", is tired of the cinema industry and decides to veer his business to the music industry. He finds a new-talented singer, Linda Moon (Christina Milian), and offers to manage her career, after releasing her from the contract with the pimp-manager Raji (Vince Vaughn), his gay bodyguard Elliot Wilhelm (The Rock) and his useless partner Nick Carr (Harvey Keitel). He looks for the widow Edie Athens (Uma Thurman), who has a bankrupted music business, and offers his support to help her to negotiate with the Russian mobsters and a dangerous gang of rappers that are menacing her business because of the debts of her dead husband Tommy Athens (James Woods). Using his skills of negotiator, Chili convinces Steven Tyler and the Aerosmith to promote Linda Moon in a concert.

"Be Cool" is a hilarious sequel of "Get Shorty", but the story is completely independent from the forgoing movie, using the character of Chili Palmer only. "Be Cool" uses the chemistry of John Travolta and Uma Thurman (from the unforgettable "Pulp Fiction"), the wonderful Steven Tyler and the Aerosmith, an unbelievable gay character for The Rock, Vince Vaughn and Cedric the Entertainer in very funny roles, a team of great actors (James Woods, Danny DeVitto, Harvey Keitel) and promotes the unknown Christina Milian, having many funny scenes and elements of a cult-movie. The music score is simply excellent and this film is a great entertainment. My vote is seven.

Title (Brazil): "Be Cool – O Outro Nome do Jogo" ("Be Cool – The Other Name of the Game")