Summary Judgment

Be Cool Doesn’t “Get” Shorty

Critics find the sequel lacking.

In this week’s audio-only Summary Judgment, writer Mark Jordan Legan tells us how the critics feel about three new wide releases: the John Travolta comedy Be Cool;Vin Diesel’s foray into Kindergarten Cop territory, The Pacifier;and the horror thriller The Jacketwith Adrien Brody and Keira Knightly.

Click here to listen to the audio from our partners at NPR’s Day to Day.