Cool World
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28 out of 100

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6.4 out of 10

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  • Starring: Gabriel Byrne, Kim Basinger
  • Summary: Cartoonist Jack Deebs (Byrne) is transported into a cartoon universe called Cool World by Holli Would (Basinger), who has fallen in love with him and wants to be human.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 16
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 16
  3. Negative: 11 out of 16
  1. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Owen Gleiberman
    50
    Ralph Bakshi's first feature in nearly a decade would like to be a down-and-dirty "Who Framed Roger Rabbit," but Bakshi isn't up to the task.
  2. Christian Science Monitor
    Reviewed by: David Sterritt
    38
    Blending animation and live action, this ferocious fantasy is hopelessly vulgar in ways never dreamed of by "Who Framed Roger Rabbit."
  3. USA Today
    Reviewed by: Mike Clark
    38
    Underdrawn and overheated, Cool World will leave you cold. [13 Jul 1992]
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  4. Austin Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Marjorie Baumgarten
    30
    The interfacing of the two-dimensional and three-dimensional characters is so shabbily accomplished that it makes you start noticing all the other technical glitches in the work.

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  1. Rox22
    7
    Every instinct in me tells me this is a bad movie that has very little redeeming it. YET, for some weird reason I actually like it. I think it is one of those movies that it is so bad that it is good, at least for me it is. The animation is substandard, even when it came out. The references are also dated. The jokes are either nonsensical or just stupid. But then there's Holli Wood: Damn she's fine! Also, it's pretty funny to see one of Brad Pitt's earliest roles. It also has a pretty decent soundtrack. Overall: A cult movie for sure, and sadly I am one of its followers.… Expand

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