Paramount Pictures | Release Date: July 10, 1992 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Generally unfavorable reviews based on 16 Critic Reviews
Positive:
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Mixed:
5
Negative:
11
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Baltimore SunStephen Hunter
It never seriously establishes the ground rules of the principle of transference or the relationship between the two of them, and so what follows is gibberish. [14 Jul 1992]
25
The only thing that keeps Cool World from imploding is that Bakshi turns it into a series of animator's riffs, with little explosions of toon action erupting like video game novas into the foreground of the story that isn't happening. [10 Jul 1992]
25
A fatally compromised, half-realized execution. [ 10 Jul 1992]
50
But the erotic potential of animation has never been realized and Cool World doesn't even try. [11 Jul 1992]
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Portland OregonianTed Mahar
As a technical accomplishment it is extrely impressive. But as a work of entertainment, almost any 10 minutes of it are enough. [14 Jul 1992]
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San Francisco ChronicleMichael Snyder
Cool World is less artful, short on scripted finesse, and is lacking technical acumen. [11 Jul 1992]
38
Underdrawn and overheated, Cool World will leave you cold. [13 Jul 1992]
50
A brilliant but completely muddled concoction about the relationship between fantasy and reality. [16 Jul 1992]