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10/18/08
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Beautiful Losers (2008)
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Reviews Counted: 18
Fresh: 13
Rotten:5
Average Rating: 7.1/10
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 a little NYC storefront gallery.... [More]
Starring: Thomas Campbell, Jo Jackson, Cheryl Dunn, Shepard Fairey
Director: Aaron Rose, Joshua Leonard
Reviews for Beautiful Losers
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10/18/08
An absorbing look at how a circle of dispossessed young artists from the 1990s eventually found its way to mainstream success.
08/29/08
Top Critic This is a pleasant enough visual romp with surprisingly few down notes.
08/29/08
[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
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
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
Top Critic 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
a celebration of rude and raw art and the kinetic charge of experiencing something fresh and undefiled
08/07/08
A 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
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
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
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 Peter Pan-like spirits who felt the freedom to express themselves before anybody cared.
07/01/08
Top Critic ...suffers from an egregiously "inside" sensibility that ensures neophytes will periodically be left scratching their heads at the whole thing.
05/12/08
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