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Cool World

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Cool World (1992)

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Reviews Counted: 23 Fresh: 1  Rotten:22 Average Rating: 3.6/10

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Runtime: 1 hr 41 mins

Synopsis: This energetic blend of live-action and animation was director Ralph Bakshi's answer to WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT and marked his return to feature films after an eight-year hiatus. The story follows two humans who encounter Cool World--a parallel universe where cartoons actually... This energetic blend of live-action and animation was director Ralph Bakshi's answer to WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT and marked his return to feature films after an eight-year hiatus. The story follows two humans who encounter Cool World--a parallel universe where cartoons actually exist--and tangle with the seductive Holli Would (Kim Basinger), an ambitious animated bombshell determined to escape into three-dimensional reality. Gabriel Byrne plays Jack Deebs, the comic book artist who created and then is seduced by Holli; and Brad Pitt plays Detective Frank Harris, the Cool World cop out to make sure humans don't have sex with cartoon characters, since that act can rupture the fabric between the two universes. Of course the rupturing occurs, and all sorts of freewheeling animated hell breaks loose as cartoon misfits of all shapes and sizes invade the city of Las Vegas. With a thumping techno score that includes tracks from Moby and David Bowie and such goofy touches as Holli singing "Let's Make Love" with Frank Sinatra Jr., COOL WORLD is definitely a freaky place to visit. [More]

Genre: Action/Adventure

Starring: Kim Basinger, Gabriel Byrne, Brad Pitt

Director: Ralph Bakshi
Screenwriter: Michael Grais, Mark Victor
Producer: Frank Mancuso
Composer: Mark Isham

DVD Info

Release:

Nov 11, 2003

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Region 1
  • Keep Case
  • Anamorphic Widescreen

Audio:

  • Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
  • Dolby Surround - English
  • Dolby Surround - French

Interactive Features:

  • Scene Access
  • Interactive Features

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08/22/05
Emanuel Levy
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05/13/05
Ryan Cracknell
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2/5

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01/08/05
Michael Dequina
Mr. Brown's Movies
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1/5

nice animation & design but - shudder

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06/24/04
Karina Montgomery
Cinerina
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1.5/5

Critics often use the word 'incomprehensible' when referring to a poorly constructed movie, but nowhere is this assessment more accurate than in the case of Cool World.

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04/11/04
Scott Weinberg
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There isn’t much to the Cool World DVD.

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03/07/04
Ryan Cracknell
Apollo Guide
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61/100

Although director Ralph Bakshi’s imagination is certainly present, Cool World is too full of itself to create any magic.

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03/07/04
Ryan Cracknell
Apollo Guide
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2/5

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02/13/04
Carol Cling
Las Vegas Review-Journal
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2/5

One of my favorite movies that I didn't like.

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01/21/04
Mike McGranaghan
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1/5

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01/06/04
Greg Maki
Star-Democrat (Easton, MD)
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a major misfire from a deeply gifted filmmaker and artist whose career was already on the rocks

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12/23/03
James Kendrick
Q Network Film Desk
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12/05/03
Jesse Hassenger
PopMatters
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Both the live and animated characters are equally uninteresting.

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09/18/03
Rob Thomas
Capital Times (Madison, WI)
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07/21/03
Walter Chaw
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05/21/03
Jamie Diamond
New York Times
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2/5

Wanted to be the next Roger Rabbit. Turned out to be a watered down 'Fritz the Cat.'

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04/14/03
Alex Sandell
Juicy Cerebellum
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03/31/03
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
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2/5

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02/17/03
Jeffrey Westhoff
Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)
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2/5

Occasionally hints at being something great that was hacked down to size in both budget and time.

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12/30/02
Luke Y. Thompson
New Times
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