Cool World Reviews

Cool World Review
by Lon Ponschock
So I ask my companion why she fell asleep during COOL WORLD and she says, "Well, when the animator and the cartoon character of Holli Would first meet I was wondering when she was going to say 'Draw me a vagina.'" Yeah, I guess we all were. more

Cool World Review
by Mark R. Leeper
- The title has *got* to be a joke. This is the ugliest and most uncool world I can imagine. Gabriel Byrne must be mis-cast since he just does not seem freak-o enough to have imagined this world. The parallel world would have anyone...more

Cool World Review
by Brian L. Johnson
Brad Pitt is on a motorcycle with his mom when a drunk driver hits the bike. Pitt's mother is killed but Pitt survives. A cartoon scientist brings Pitt to Cool World, a world of cartoons (where cartoons are called Doodles and humans are called...more

Cool World Review
by Narciso Jaramillo
Ralph Bakshi (FRITZ THE CAT, BASKETBALL JONES, LORD OF THE RINGS) is generally known for two things: raw humor, and running out of money. This time he's hooked up with Frank Mancuso (FRIDAY THE 13TH), so the budget problems aren't there, but the...more

Cool World Review
by Paul Kearns
COOL WORLD; Paramount Pictures, 1992; Produced by Frank Mancuso, Jr. and directed by Ralph Bashki. Stars Kim Basinger, Brad Pitt, and Gabriel Byrne, plus a host of animated characters. Rated PG-13 for adult humor and innuendo. more

Cool World Review
by Richard John Rauser
Yup, I'm back in the reviewing game. To all of you on rec.arts.movies who (for some reason known only to God himself) got upset that I changed my opinion about BATMAN RETURNS, go to heck. I'm too nice to say "hell". :-) more

Cool World Review
by Craig Good
COOL WORLD is the latest effort from Ralph Bakshi, the man who directed such seminal works as FRITZ THE CAT, WIZARDS, and THE LORD OF THE RINGS. One thing you can say for Ralph is that his directorial style reflects his own personality. Trying to...more