Almost Famous (2000)
88 %
Reviews Counted: 155 Fresh: 136 Rotten:19 Average Rating: 7.8/10
Consensus:
Almost Famous, with its great ensemble performances and story, is a well-crafted, warm-hearted movie that successfully draws you into its era.
Runtime: 4 hrs 40 mins
Theatrical Release: Sep 15, 2000 Wide
Box Office: $31,716,715
Synopsis: Cameron Crowe's career trajectory reads like a true Hollywood story - he started out as a 15-year-old writing for Rolling Stone magazine and eventually ended up writing, directing, and acting in movies. His poignant writing style reflects the nostalgia and humor of an era, with bits of... [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Billy Crudup, Frances McDormand, Patrick Fugit, Kate Hudson, Jason Lee
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Reviews
Neither as outright funny nor as resonant as it seems to want to be.
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05/09/08
Top Critic
The film's charm owes far more to its creator's brilliant writing than to his anonymous direction.
05/09/08
Top Critic
Crowe softens just about everything, as if he didn't want to hurt the feelings of anyone he knew back then.
07/23/07
Most of the film is a testament to Mr. Crowe's impressive grasp of the music industry, its relationships, and its particular definition of cool and uncool.
07/14/07
None of the non-musical components on the screen matched the excitement of the music.
04/27/07
Top Critic
It's a sweet-minded, picaresque story, woolly with some of its dramatic details, but stacked with attractions...
02/09/06
It's a well-modulated, immensely likable picture that's finally too polite for both its subject matter and its critical theme.
03/03/05
There's a magic around everyone and everything here that reminds us of how the world looked when we were still children, still in awe of the world.
01/15/05
A blissfully sweet coming-of-age movie in which everyone, young and less young, comes of age.
08/07/04
Top Critic
Cameron Crowe got it right with his autobiographical story about a teen-age writer for Rolling Stone magazine.
06/23/04
Resgata de forma sensível e divertida as lembranças de adolescência do cineasta e roteirista Cameron Crowe - sempre embalado por uma deliciosa trilha sonora.
07/25/03
Crowe doesn't paint an idealistic picture of rock in the early '70s, he paints a real one.
02/08/03
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