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Cool and Crazy
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73 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 10 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 10
  3. Negative: 0 out of 10
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  1. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: Michael Wilmington
    100
    It's so thoroughly engaging, so beautifully made, strikingly shot and chock-full of humor and humanity, I can't imagine any intelligent audience not falling in love with it - if only they take the leap of faith to see it.
  2. New Times (L.A.)
    Reviewed by: Gregory Weinkauf
    100
    Not to be missed.
  3. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Dave Kehr
    80
    Consistently offbeat and entertaining; at such moments, it is also quite moving.
  4. Chicago Reader
    Reviewed by: Lisa Alspector
    80
    Jensen's use of the conventions of documentary making -- and his undermining of them in ways both bold and subtle -- seems too canny and consistent for the form. Yet the harder I try to decide whether this is a documentary or a parody, the more I wonder why it matters.
  5. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Lou Lumenick
    75
    Unusual and utterly disarming documentary.
  6. Philadelphia Inquirer
    Reviewed by: Carrie Rickey
    75
    Ranging in age from 30 to 96, the Berlevag men clearly enjoy being on camera and are unusually candid about their various pasts as Casanovas and hashish addicts.
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  7. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Leighton Klein
    75
    Jensen's charming film, is perhaps one of the first in which the actors are credited not by the size of their salaries and egos, but by their vocal ranges.
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  8. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Elizabeth Weitzman
    63
    Every time things start to get dull, you're brought up short by another moment of surprising beauty.
  9. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Maitland McDonagh
    60
    Berlevag's 1300 inhabitants are by nature hardy and uncomplaining, but Knut Erik Jensen's unhurried documentary reveals that there's more to them than mere stoicism.
  10. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Ed Park
    40
    If music be the food of love, Cool & Crazy could stand a few more hits from the spice rack.
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