- What's this movie about?
- Me!
- I couldn't even get your mother to watch that movie.

I had mixed expectations for Be Cool. I remember most of the reviews being pretty lukewarm, but my hairdresser really liked it (she's got great movie taste, her opinion actually goes pretty far with me.) I figured it would be a good Sunday evening kind of movie, and sure enough, it was.

This is sort of, kind of, a sequel to Get Shorty, which was an excellent movie. This one is a little more oddball. The biggest change is this movie has tons of in jokes that remind you that you're watching a movie. This is dangerous territory, it pulls the viewers out from the movie, but for a movie nerd like me I found it enjoyable. The key there is enjoyable. It still pulls me out of the movie and reminds me I'm watching a movie instead of really involved as a part of the story. This means they have no chance at being a truly great movie, but that's ok. I don't think that was ever their goal.

Their goal was to make a mostly silly, fun comedy. At that they've succeeded.

The best part about this whole thing is watch John Travolta walking around getting threatened, avoiding life threatening situations, and making business deals with a calm and collected confinence that is a bit unreal. It's actually pretty fun to watch, just for that.

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