Cool World
Seen it?1992 | 102 min | Animation, Comedy, Fantasy
Monday Morning MaybeWhy it’s a Monday Morning Maybe
With just 4% on Rotten Tomatoes, a weak 5.7 out of 10 from audiences and a box office loss, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for anyone who wants a laugh, fantasy fans and animation lovers.
- The mood
- Light and funny, feel-good.
- The pace
- Breezy, at 1 hr 42 min.
- What might put you off
- Rated PG-13. Probably too much for younger kids.
While incarcerated for murder, cartoonist Jack Deebs found escape by creating Cool World, a series featuring a voluptuous femme fatale named Holli Would. But the artist becomes a prisoner of his own fantasies when Holli transports Jack into Cool World with a scheme to seduce him and bring herself to life. Hard-boiled detective Frank Harris – the only other human in Cool World – cautions Jack with the law: Noids (humans) don't have sex with doodles (cartoons). However, flesh proves weaker than ink as Holli takes human form in Las Vegas, staring in a trans-universal chase that threatens the destruction of both worlds.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsWeak
4% on Rotten Tomatoes, 27 on Metacritic
- AudiencesWeak
5.7 out of 10
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Box office & staying powerBelow par
$14 million worldwide on a $30 million budget; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactStrong
About 228K people sought it out in the past year
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Cast & crew
Directed by Ralph Bakshi
- Kim BasingerHolli Would
- Gabriel ByrneJack Deebs
- Brad PittDetective Frank Harris
- Michele AbramsJennifer Malley
- Deirdre O'ConnellIsabelle Malley
- Janni BrennAgatha Rose Harris
- William FrankfatherCop
- Greg CollinsCop
- Maurice LaMarcheInterrogator #2 / Mash / drunken bar patron / Dr. Vincent "Vegas Vinnie" Whiskers / Jack Deebs (super hero version) (voice)
- Michael David LallySparks (voice)