Synopsis
This documentary follows the lives and careers of a collective group of do-it-yourself artists and designers who inadvertently affected the art world.
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Cast
- Thomas CampbellHimself
- Shepard FaireyHimself
- Chris JohansonHimself
- Margaret KilgallenHerself
- Jo JacksonHerself
- Harmony KorineHimself
- Geoff McFetridgeHimself
- Barry McGeeHimself
- Mike MillsHimself
- Stephen Powers IIHimself
Recommendations
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Film Threat
Beautiful Losers challenges and appreciates, is worthy and worthless; a piece of art in itself. - 75
New York Post
Names of the other artists - such as Barry McGee, Ed Templeton, Margaret Kilgallen and Jo Jackson - won't necessarily ring a bell, but they all have interesting stories to tell in this pleasant film, which sings the praises of nonconformity. - 75
San Francisco Chronicle
True to the loose, funky spirit of the artists and their work. - 70
Variety
Full of energy and attitude. - 70
Los Angeles Times
Fortunately, Rose's on-camera turns as a kind of "I-was-there" guide through the various incarnations of the Alleged Gallery and its starrier alumni, help give this freewheeling portrait a welcome heart. - 63
TV Guide Magazine
While not every artist Aaron Rose profiles in his documentary about one colorful corner of the 1990s New York Art scene is "beautiful," they're all "losers" and proud of it. - 50
Village Voice
Regardless of Rose's intentions, his underachieving airiness is both entertaining and perfectly fitting for the slacker ennui of his clique's rising years. - 50
Salon
Alternately winsome and irritating documentary.