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Village Voice
All told, and well told, this is essential history. Full Review
J.R. Jones
Chicago Reader
The cultural cock-strutting gets to be a bit much, but Neville handily captures the excitement of an art scene percolating, breaking wide open, and finally burning itself out. Full Review
John Anderson
Variety
What The Cool School does so well, through its color accents and black-and-white photography, through the kinetic music that propels Jeff Bridges' narration by and the unorthodox attitude that reflects the artists themselves, is impart a sense of discovery. Full Review
Ken Fox
TV Guide
Happily, many of the figures spoken about throughout the film are still with us -- Neville is even able to reproduce Patricia Foure's famous group photo with most of its original subjects. Full Review
Kenneth Baker
San Francisco Chronicle
Takes its title from an early Artforum article that described the sleek aesthetic of the then-new Southern California art. Full Review
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