Chili Palmer (John Travolta) is looking to get out of the movie business so he's of a mind to say no when his old East Coast buddy, Tommy Athens (James Woods), approaches him with an idea to do a musical starring a young up-and-coming singer named Linda Moon (Christina Milian). Then Tommy gets shot in a drive-by by Russian gangsters and suddenly, Chili becomes very interested in the music business.
There are parts that have not aged well at all but on balance, it's still a good comedy. Travolta reunites with Uma Thurman and Woods gets killed off really quickly, but the supporting cast is what makes this movie. Cedric the Entertainer, Andre Benjamin, Harvey Keitel, Vince Vaughn doing The Most Acting, Danny DeVito, and an appearance so early in Dwayne Johnson's career he was still getting credited as The Rock. There are musical performances by Milian, Aerosmith, and The Black-Eyed Peas featuring Sergio Mendes. (I told you, time capsule.) It could probably have been trimmed a little but I still like it more than Get Shorty.
It's old so it's playing on Kanopy, Tubi, PlutoTV, Roku Channel, and Amazon's FreeVee. I watched it on my server.
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