Like the art scene it documents, Beautiful Losers is chaotic, anarchic, rambling and populated by charismatic freaks with statement T-shirts, complicated haircuts and impossibly rare trainers.
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08/07/09
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Beautiful Losers (2008)
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Reviews Counted:25
Fresh:16
Rotten:9
Average Rating:6.3/10
Consensus: An insightful if fawning documentary that explores a group of 90s NYC artists.
Theatrical Release:Aug 8, 2008 Limited
Synopsis: Beautiful Losers celebrates the spirit behind one of the most influential cultural moments of a generation In the early 1990's a loose-knit group of like minded outsiders found common ground at... [More]
Starring: Thomas Campbell, Jo Jackson, Cheryl Dunn, Shepard Fairey
Director: Aaron Rose, Joshua Leonard
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Reviews for Beautiful Losers
Regardless of Rose's intentions, his underachieving airiness is both entertaining and perfectly fitting for the slacker ennui of his clique's rising years.
08/05/08
On your deathbed you will want back the time it takes to see this one.
10/18/08
[An] alternately winsome and irritating documentary about the art scene that grew out of the Alleged Gallery on Manhattan's Lower East Side in the 1990s.
08/08/08
Top CriticA product of the movement as much as an ode to it, the film is a gem because of the immaturity and intimacy that it shares with those featured in it.
08/07/08
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04/23/09
This is a pleasant enough visual romp with surprisingly few down notes.
08/29/08
You can't help but feel like a bit of an eye-rolling parent, wondering if a few of them might benefit from a proper job and a light slap.
08/07/09
The cultural time capsule doubles as a testament to the joys of outsiders bonding, with interviewees emphasizing how they finally felt like they belonged somewhere after years of asphyxiating alone on the fringe.
08/06/08
...suffers from an egregiously "inside" sensibility that ensures neophytes will periodically be left scratching their heads at the whole thing.
05/12/08
Pleasing though less-than-profound homage.
08/07/08
An absorbing look at how a circle of dispossessed young artists from the 1990s eventually found its way to mainstream success.
08/29/08
An amiable portrait of the artist as a scruffy slacker, and a useful jumping off point for anyone interested in investigating some of the cultural issues that marked the 1990s and the start of the new millennium.
08/07/09
Some of the art is probably interesting, but Rose's own video-influenced filmmaking style leaves little time for inspection or reflection.
08/08/08
The film's score, by Money Mark, is an entertainment in itself.
09/05/08
One of the year's best documentaries.
09/26/08
Though [Director] Mr. Rose can't be blamed for waxing nostalgic, he can't much expect us to care about so fawning and self-serving a document.
08/08/08
Aaron Rose and Joshua Leonard don't properly contextualize this mini-scene within the larger art world, nor provide basic background on their speakers.
08/03/08
a celebration of rude and raw art and the kinetic charge of experiencing something fresh and undefiled
08/07/08
It succeeds intermittently and is reasonably enlightening, but whether audiences are really going to warm up to the individuals presented here is questionable.
08/08/08
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