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The movie's so clever and endearing, you can forget the almost.
Neither as outright funny nor as resonant as it seems to want to be.
None of the non-musical components on the screen matched the excitement of the music.
A blissfully sweet coming-of-age movie in which everyone, young and less young, comes of age.
This is the celluloid version of a glossy magazine feature -- easily perused, modestly entertaining, the kind of piece designed to please the publisher by not taxing (or offending) the reader.
A winner because Crowe dares to wear his heart on his sleeve. For this movie at least, he's with the band.
will satisfy many music fans for its honest portrayal of the rock-band life
...a remarkably engaging film, enjoyable from beginning to end. (Blu-ray Bootleg Cut)
...funny, joyous, touching, and moving...a very personal film and a most-universal one combined.
Great, but lots of sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll.
Director Cameron Crowe won the Original Screenplay Oscar for his warmly nostalgic, often sharply observed memoir of his early days as a music journalist
Whether disappointed or elated, Cameron Crowe's observations are trenchant. Instinct is the greatest asset as idols let you down. That first gulp of passion in a profession can quench you for years. Quite often, bassists and drummers have little to say.
It's a world of brotherhood, groupies, the bright spotlight of fame, and the bitterness of business, packaged into a gushing, intuitive valentine from Crowe to his former magical life.
Cameron Crowe has a knack for making contagious movies that pull audiences into a whirlpool of situations that make you feel impossibly cool because his characters aren't near as cool as their surroundings imply.
Easily the best film on Crowe's already impressive roster.
The film's charm owes far more to its creator's brilliant writing than to his anonymous direction.
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