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16 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 50Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanEntertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanRalph Bakshi's first feature in nearly a decade would like to be a down-and-dirty "Who Framed Roger Rabbit," but Bakshi isn't up to the task.
- 40Washington PostHal HinsonWashington PostHal HinsonTechnically, Bakshi's work is uneven; some of the characters in his Cool universe are hilarious, while others are flat.
- 33Christian Science MonitorDavid SterrittChristian Science MonitorDavid SterrittBlending animation and live action, this ferocious fantasy is hopelessly vulgar in ways never dreamed of by "Who Framed Roger Rabbit."
- 30Austin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenAustin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenThe interfacing of the two-dimensional and three-dimensional characters is so shabbily accomplished that it makes you start noticing all the other technical glitches in the work.
- 25Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertCool World is a seriously troubled film, so ragged I doubt if even the director can explain the story line.
- 25TV Guide MagazineEthan AlterTV Guide MagazineEthan AlterCool World's numerous plot holes and illogicalities might be forgiven if it had interesting characters or impressive visual effects.
- 25Baltimore SunBaltimore SunIt 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]
- 25Boston GlobeJay CarrBoston GlobeJay CarrThe 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]
- 25Chicago TribuneDave KehrChicago TribuneDave KehrA fatally compromised, half-realized execution. [ 10 Jul 1992]
- 10VarietyBrian LowryVarietyBrian LowryStyle has seldom pummeled substance as severely as in Cool World, a combination funhouse ride/acid trip that will prove an ordeal for most visitors in the form of trial by animation.