Almost Famous

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Critics' Reviews

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CHICAGO SUN-TIMES: Roger Ebert
Oh, what a lovely film. I was almost hugging myself while I watched it.Read Full Review »
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LOS ANGELES TIMES: Kenneth Turan
See it and it'll stay with you as your own memories do: funny, poignant, bittersweet and irreplaceable.Read Full Review »
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ROLLING STONE: Peter Travers
If you haven't already sold your soul to rock & roll, Almost Famous should seal the deal.Read Full Review »
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Time: Richard Corliss
So Almost Famous is almost fabulous. Oh, all right. The movie's so clever and endearing, you can forget the almost.Read Full Review »
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The New York Times: Dana Stevens
What Mr. Crowe has done is nonetheless remarkable. He has made a movie about sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll that you would be happy to take your mother to see.Read Full Review »
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ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Owen Gleiberman
Crowe, staying close to his memories, has gotten it, for perhaps the first time, onto the screen.Read Full Review »
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Slate: David Edelstein
Crowe's world is an open ecosystem --transcendentally open. This movie is his boombox held aloft.Read Full Review »
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Washington Post: Stephen Hunter
It takes the rock movie into regions it has never been before.Read Full Review »
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Boston Globe: Jay Carr
Hollywood filmmaking at its best, brimming over with feeling, texture, spirit, and several kinds of keenness that transmute experience into big pop myth.Read Full Review »
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USA Today: Mike Clark
A movie that is easily likable.Read Full Review »
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