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Director: Ralph Bakshi
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From Time Out Film Guide
Animator Bakshi promises a hipper version of Who Framed Roger Rabbit, but delivers a pale imitation. The action shifts between our world and the Cool World, an anarchic cartoon universe where Detective Frank Harris (Pitt) has to stop the only other human (Byrne) from being seduced by voluptuous Holli Would (voiced by Basinger), or for some reason the end of both worlds would be nigh. Bakshi has triumphed before without much plot, happiest when given free rein to be weird, but here you get the impression that the studio got cold feet. Apart from a thumping acid house soundtrack, and one extraordinary shot which takes the 'camera' into a character's mouth, through the guts and out the anus, the chaos is strangely muted. Even the eventual universe-shaking shag is an anti-climax, and by the time all hell rips loose just before the abysmally contrived happy ending, you're well past caring.Author: DW
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- sandra said...
- Posted on Dec 12 2008 01:29 i thought that the movie kicks ass and i think they should make another one and this time with better animation, i dont understand why so many people dont like it, its a very sexy cartoon movie, out of all adult cartoon movies this ones the best.
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Cast & crew
Director: Ralph Bakshi
Producer: Frank Mancuso
Cast: Gabriel Byrne, Brad Pitt, Kim Basinger, Michele Abrams, Dierdre O'Connell, Carrie Hamilton full cast
Duration: 102 mins
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