Plot
Disenchanted with the movie industry, Chili Palmer (John Travolta) tries the music industry, meeting and romancing a widow of a music exec (Uma Thurman) on the way.
Release Year: 2005
Rating: 5.6/10 (39,303 voted)
Critic's Score: 37/100
Director:
F. Gary Gray
Stars: John Travolta, Uma Thurman, Dwayne Johnson
Storyline Streetwise mobster-turned-movie producer Chili Palmer is back, but this time Chili has abandoned the fickle movie industry and veered into the music business, tangling with Russian mobsters and gangsta rappers and taking a talented, feisty young singer named Linda Moon under his wing. From the recording studio to an Aerosmith concert to the MTV Music Awards, he manipulates events to watch them play out the Chili way, using his signature blend of wiseguy skills and negotiation tactics. It's a dangerous business, and everyone's looking for their next big hit.
Writers: Elmore Leonard, Peter Steinfeld
Cast: John Travolta
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Chili Palmer
Uma Thurman
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Edie Athens
Vince Vaughn
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Raji
Cedric the Entertainer
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Sin LaSalle
André Benjamin
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Dabu
Steven Tyler
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Himself
Robert Pastorelli
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Joe Loop
Christina Milian
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Linda Moon
Paul Adelstein
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Hy Gordon
Debi Mazar
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Marla
Gregory Alan Williams
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Darryl
(as GregAlan Williams)
Harvey Keitel
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Nick Carr
Dwayne Johnson
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Elliot Wilhelm
(as The Rock)
Danny DeVito
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Martin Weir
James Woods
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Tommy Athens
Taglines:
Everyone is looking for the next big hit
Opening Weekend: $23,450,212
(USA)
(6 March 2005)
(3216 Screens)
Gross: $55,808,744
(USA)
(24 April 2005)
Technical Specs
Runtime:
Did You Know?
Trivia:
When Sin LaSalle goes to call Raji after the threatening "prank" call, we get to see two of the numbers in Sin's cell phone directory. One is R. Lowenthal (Raji), the other is G. Gray - an obvious reference to director F. Gary Gray.
Goofs:
Continuity:
Linda and Steven Tyler appear on stage for their song. In the first shot she's behind him to his right. In the next shot she's moved behind him to his left, may be a flip.
Quotes:
[first lines]
Chili Palmer:
I hate sequels.
User Review
Get Shorty deserves better
Rating: 2/10
Get Shorty was an excellent film. It was funny and had the perfect
balance of highly comical acting and a serious plot. Be Cool is like
some cheap knock-off trying to pass for a sequel. John Travolta as
Chili Palmer seems to have forgotten that he was ever in the mob. He
plays it like he's a bored movie exec, rather than a bored movie exec
who used to be a Shylock. Uma Thurman, great in nearly every role she's
ever played, comes off as strained and confusing. Is she supposed to be
ditzy or clever? The chemistry between her and Travolta is strained and
uncomfortable. Other than that, just add every movie cliché you can
think of. A well-educated rap producer by Cedric the Entertainer, an
inept gangster wannabe in Andre 3000, the girl with heart, soul, and a
good set of pipes in Christina Milian, a gimmicky black dude wannabe in
Vince Vaughn, and a stupid celebrity cameo by Stephen Tyler. The only
funny part was the Rock, who invents his own new cliché as a gay Samoan
bodyguard actor wannabe. Probably the biggest crime is the plot: IT
MAKES NO SENSE. Get Shorty was clever with Chili playing one group
against another and coming out on top. But this film tries that with
about a million different characters. And even Chili doesn't seem to
know what's going on. Fans of Get Shorty be warned: this is a very
different, very worse movie.
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