Almost Famous

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Almost Famous

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2000

2h 2m

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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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Critics Consensus

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

03/26/2024

5/5

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.

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Manohla Dargis

L.A. Weekly

03/26/2024

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.

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Kirk Honeycutt

The Hollywood Reporter

03/26/2024

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.

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Mike Massie

Gone With The Twins

Sep 25

6/10

It’s more of a sweet, satirical take on an extraordinary childhood, concerned with careful character development far more than unforgettable misadventures on the road.

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Julian Singleton

Cinapse

Jul 12

Almost Famous is a film that lives up to its credo of being honest and unmerciful about the people, places, and period it depicts, with love and melancholy mixed in bittersweet balance.

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Paul Klein

FILMHOUNDS Magazine

07/04/2024

5/5

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.

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Jack F

@MovieFan111 2d

It was great, although I would have enjoyed it more if I was into that kind of music. I'm more 80s and 90s, and SOME 70s. 70s are too mellow for me though.

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Ian H

Nov 23

Wonderful, funny, warm and well worth a couple of hours. Beautifully evoked the period

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Lanfranco C

@Lanfrancobz Nov 20

Life, love, music and adventure in the seventies!

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thehumble K.

@thehumbleking17 Oct 24

My final words. “That was a good one”

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Daniel L

Oct 15

Amazing movie. One of the greatest dramedies of all time. Great writing and great characters that you just fall in love with. Could watch this on repeat and not get bored. Highly recommended.

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Robert T

Oct 11

Crowe, working in the predominantly no environment of studio production, has managed to make a wonderful, personal movie that says yes to love of music and love of life

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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: Vinyl Films, DreamWorks Pictures, Columbia Pictures
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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