(2005) dir. F. Gary Gray
viewed: 11/17/06
Very Un-cool.
Pathetic, in fact. This smug, self-satisfied film about the movie and music industry, a follow up to 1995’s Get Shorty, a follow-up that Elmore Leonard wrote at the behest of the prior film’s popularity. Where the 1995 film was an adaptation by the then somewhat with-it Barry Sonnenfeld before he crapped out as a director and was poppy and fun the way that Elmore Leonard can be when he’s hitting on the right notes. This time around, it’s just plain awful.
I don’t want to go into it, really. It’s not worth it. The young musical talent story that is the center of the story…oh it’s bad. It’s yuck. It’s painful.
My sister wanted to watch it because even though she thought it was bad, she enjoyed Vince Vaughn and The Rock in their roles. It wasn’t enough for me.
