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Almost Famous

Play trailer 2:03 Poster for Almost Famous R Released Sep 15, 2000 2h 2m Comedy Drama Music Play Trailer Watchlist
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Set in 1973, it chronicles the funny and often poignant coming of age of 15-year-old William, an unabashed music fan who is inspired by the seminal bands of the time. When his love of music lands him an assignment from Rolling Stone magazine to interview the up-and-coming band Stillwater -- fronted by lead guitar Russell Hammond and lead singer Jeff Bebe William embarks on an eye-opening journey with the band's tour, despite the objections of his protective mother.
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Almost Famous, with its great ensemble performances and story, is a well-crafted, warm-hearted movie that successfully draws you into its era.

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Peter Travers Rolling Stone If you haven't already sold your soul to rock & roll, Almost Famous should seal the deal. It’s pure pleasure. Just don’t expect the dark side. Not since A Hard Day’s Night has a movie caught the thrumming exuberance of going where the music takes you. Rated: 5/5 Mar 26, 2024 Full Review Manohla Dargis L.A. Weekly The film shimmers with the irresistible pleasures that define Hollywood at its best -- it's polished like glass, funny, knowing and bright, and filled with characters whose lives are invariably sexier and more purposeful than our own. Mar 26, 2024 Full Review Kirk Honeycutt The Hollywood Reporter It's a coming-of-age tale compressed into a few mad weeks. And Crowe, the ex-journalist, captures the essence of good journalism -- its watchfulness, persistence and that instinct for a good human story. Mar 26, 2024 Full Review Paul Klein FILMHOUNDS Magazine Twenty one years on and there's still much to love in Crowe's last great work, and it's hard not to well up when the whole bus sing Elton John's Tiny Dancer. Rated: 5/5 Jul 4, 2024 Full Review Steve Persall Tampa Bay Times This movie splashes a toast of Jack Daniels on the grave, scribbling graffiti optimism on the tombstone: Rock is dead. Long live rock. Rated: A Mar 26, 2024 Full Review John Griffin Montreal Gazette This is the 43-year-old Crowe’s family album, the equivalent of a supergroup tribute to the people who set him on his path in life. It is a love letter from a fan, and it is written from the heart. Rated: 4/4 Mar 26, 2024 Full Review Read all reviews

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Mason M A very good and enjoyable coming of age film that properly builds its world and atmosphere. Almost Famous also succeeds with it's performances, comedic timing, and soundtrack. There may not be all too much special in the way of this movie, but it's hard to deny the film's magical energy and how immensely I enjoyed it. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 11/17/24 Full Review María C Mi película preferida por y para siempre. Me encanta todo de ella. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 10/03/24 Full Review Kelly H I have seen this movie like 10 times and never realized Jimmy Fallon was in it until my most recent watch. 5/5. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 09/28/24 Full Review julie b Fab cast, great music, and magnetic characters like Russell and Penny who ooze coolness and ease. Seeing it all through William’s eyes, it’s funny, heartwarming, bewildering, and at times - crushing - perfectly capturing unrequited love and feeling on the outside but then the rush of being “in”. Speaking of crushing, why did we not get more of Billy Crudup over the years??? Rated 4 out of 5 stars 09/23/24 Full Review Greybrother D A frustrating and overrated picture if you're foolish enough to love rock n' roll. It seems to operate under the cynical delusion that we all just blindly worship rock stars without any inkling that there could be anything bad about any of it unless they kindly educate us by dragging us through the muck without anything more than a distant, treacherous glimmer of what's good or important or beautiful about rock n' roll. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 09/17/24 Full Review wayne e One of my favorite movies. Love the story and the performances. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 07/07/24 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Set in 1973, it chronicles the funny and often poignant coming of age of 15-year-old William, an unabashed music fan who is inspired by the seminal bands of the time. When his love of music lands him an assignment from Rolling Stone magazine to interview the up-and-coming band Stillwater -- fronted by lead guitar Russell Hammond and lead singer Jeff Bebe William embarks on an eye-opening journey with the band's tour, despite the objections of his protective mother.
Director
Cameron Crowe
Producer
Ian Bryce, Cameron Crowe
Screenwriter
Cameron Crowe
Distributor
DreamWorks SKG
Production Co
DreamWorks Pictures, Columbia Pictures, Vinyl Films
Rating
R (Drug Content|Brief Nudity|Language)
Genre
Comedy, Drama, Music
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Sep 15, 2000, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Aug 1, 2013
Box Office (Gross USA)
$32.5M
Runtime
2h 2m
Sound Mix
DTS, Dolby Digital, SDDS, Dolby SR, Surround
Aspect Ratio
Flat (1.85:1)
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