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  • 2008
  • Not Rated
  • Arthouse Films
  • 1 h 30 m
  • 2008
  • Not Rated
  • Arthouse Films
  • 1 h 30 m
Beautiful Losers

Summary Beautiful Losers is a feature documentary film celebrating the independent and DIY spirit that unified a loose-knit group of American artists who emerged from the underground youth subcultures of skateboarding, graffiti, punk rock, and hip-hop. This documentary tells the story of how a group of outsiders with little or no formal training...

Directed By: Aaron Rose, Joshua Leonard

Written By: Arty Nelson

  • 2008
  • Not Rated
  • Arthouse Films
  • 1 h 30 m
  • 2008
  • Not Rated
  • Arthouse Films
  • 1 h 30 m

Beautiful Losers

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 11 Critic Reviews
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Summary Beautiful Losers is a feature documentary film celebrating the independent and DIY spirit that unified a loose-knit group of American artists who emerged from the underground youth subcultures of skateboarding, graffiti, punk rock, and hip-hop. This documentary tells the story of how a group of outsiders with little or no formal training...

Directed By: Aaron Rose, Joshua Leonard

Written By: Arty Nelson

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 11 Critic Reviews
59
64% Positive
7 Reviews
27% Mixed
3 Reviews
9% Negative
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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 11 Critic Reviews
59
64% Positive
7 Reviews
27% Mixed
3 Reviews
9% Negative
1 Review

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100
For a film about a gaggle of slackers, Beautiful Losers is remarkably polished; with its quicksilver editing and fastidious mise-en-scene, it's as tight as the artists are slack.
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75
True to the loose, funky spirit of the artists and their work.
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75
Names of the other artists - such as Barry McGee, Ed Templeton, Margaret Kilgallen and Jo Jackson - won't necessarily ring a bell, but they all have interesting stories to tell in this pleasant film, which sings the praises of nonconformity.
By V.A. Musetto FULL REVIEW
70
Full of energy and attitude.
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50
Alternately winsome and irritating documentary.
By Andrew O'Hehir FULL REVIEW
50
Regardless of Rose's intentions, his underachieving airiness is both entertaining and perfectly fitting for the slacker ennui of his clique's rising years.
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38
On your deathbed you will want back the time it takes to see this one.
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Production Company Sidetrack Films, Blacklake Productions, Perception Media
Release Date Aug 8, 2008
Duration 1 h 30 m
Rating Not Rated
Genres
Tagline Make Something From Nothing
Website http://www.beautifullosers.com/
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Awards

Newport Beach Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
CineVegas International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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