Beautiful Losers
Arthouse Films | Release Date: August 8, 2008 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
59
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 11 Critic Reviews
Positive:
7
Mixed:
3
Negative:
1
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
Boston GlobeMichael Hardy
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. Read full review
80
Film ThreatMark Bell
Beautiful Losers challenges and appreciates, is worthy and worthless; a piece of art in itself. Read full review
75
New York PostV.A. Musetto
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. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleKenneth Baker
True to the loose, funky spirit of the artists and their work. Read full review
70
VarietyPeter Debruge
Full of energy and attitude. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesGary Goldstein
Fortunately, Rose's on-camera turns as a kind of "I-was-there" guide through the various incarnations of the Alleged Gallery and its starrier alumni, help give this freewheeling portrait a welcome heart. Read full review
63
TV Guide MagazineKen Fox
While not every artist Aaron Rose profiles in his documentary about one colorful corner of the 1990s New York Art scene is "beautiful," they're all "losers" and proud of it. Read full review
50
Village VoiceAaron Hillis
Regardless of Rose's intentions, his underachieving airiness is both entertaining and perfectly fitting for the slacker ennui of his clique's rising years. Read full review
50
SalonAndrew O'Hehir
Alternately winsome and irritating documentary. Read full review
40
The New York TimesNathan Lee
Though 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. Read full review
38
Chicago TribuneAlan G. Artner
On your deathbed you will want back the time it takes to see this one. Read full review
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