Brilliantly reimagines the glam-rock 70's as a brave new world of electrifying theatricality and sexual possibility, to the point where identifying precise figures in this neo-psychedelic landscape is almost beside the point.Read Full Review »
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ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Owen Gleiberman
Velvet Goldmine is no masterpiece, but, at its best, it's a ravishing rock dream.Read Full Review »
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ROLLING STONE: Peter Travers
The plot only slows a film that works best as a feast of sight and sound.Read Full Review »
The film is a visually beautiful but clumsily plotted mishmash of "Citizen Kane," "Eddie and the Cruisers" and England's last overblown movie musical, "Absolute Beginners."Read Full Review »
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Salon.com: Stephanie Zacharek
Weighed down with self-important messages, but it's also splashily opulent.Read Full Review »
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LOS ANGELES TIMES: Kenneth Turan
Dazzling and dizzying, confusing and even annoying, Velvet Goldmine is a feverish dream of a film, a riot of color and attitude that is all pop decadence, all night long.Read Full Review »
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Slate: David Edelstein
Haynes sets out to demonstrate the power of popular music to change people's lives--to tell them it's OK to fashion themselves into anything they please.Read Full Review »
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Washington Post: Michael O'Sullivan
In trying to compose a poetic love letter to a time of liberation and freedom, Haynes has merely conjured up memories of druggy excess, egotism and tight trousers. The only mementos worth saving from the experience are available on the soundtrack.Read Full Review »
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Village Voice: J. Hoberman
After a most promising beginning, Velvet Goldmine's progress grows increasingly labored, stumbling around the structural roadblocks Haynes has erected in its path.Read Full Review »
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