Cool World
Four years after Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, Ralph Bakshi tapped into the live action mixed with cell animated world in this adult-themed production telling the story of an edgy comic book artist who crosses the line into his own cartoon universe. The story begins with a prologue in postwar Las Vegas, where Vegas cop Frank Harris (Brad Pitt) is catapulted into the cartoon Cool World after crashing his motorcycle. The Cool World is a jive-animated parallel dimension created by animator Jack Deebs (Gabriel Byrne). Among Jack's many creations is the knock-out broad Holli Would (Kim Basinger). Holli wants to become human -- or a "noid" in Cool World parlance. So, she compels Jack to fall into his own cartoon void where her attempts to seduce him could have grave consequences for both the animated and the "real" world.
Director: Ralph Bakshi
Starring: Kim Basinger, Gabriel Byrne, Brad Pitt, Michele Abrams, Deirdre O'Connell
But the erotic potential of animation has never been realized and Cool World doesn't even try.
Ralph 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.
A brilliant but completely muddled concoction about the relationship between fantasy and reality.
Technically, Bakshi's work is uneven; some of the characters in his Cool universe are hilarious, while others are flat.
Underdrawn and overheated, Cool World will leave you cold.
Most Desirable Female
MTV Movie Awards (1993)
Worst Actress
Razzie Awards (1993)
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