Beautiful Losers 2008

Alan G. Artner, Chicago Tribune: On your deathbed you will want back the time it takes to see this one. Read more

Michael Hardy, Boston Globe: One of the year's best documentaries. Read more

Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times: An absorbing look at how a circle of dispossessed young artists from the 1990s eventually found its way to mainstream success. Read more

V.A. Musetto, New York Post: [A] pleasant film, which sings the praises of nonconformity. Read more

Andrew O'Hehir, Salon.com: [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. Read more

Kenneth Baker, San Francisco Chronicle: The film's score, by Money Mark, is an entertainment in itself. Read more

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David Fear, Time Out: 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. Read more

Peter Debruge, Variety: A celebration of Peter Pan-like spirits who felt the freedom to express themselves before anybody cared. Read more

Aaron Hillis, 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. Read more