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Almost Famous (2000) Rank 2 Reviews
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Chicago Reader (Jonathan Rosenbaum)
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Cameron Crowe's first feature as writer-director, Say Anything... (1989), lost money, which broke my heart. His third feature, Jerry Maguire (1996), cleaned up, which broke my spirit. (In between was another romantic comedy, the 1992 ...read the complete Almost Famous movie review at Chicago Reader (Jonathan Rosenbaum)
Cinema Signals (Jules Brenner)
Globe and Mail (Rick Groen)
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. ...read the complete Almost Famous movie review at Globe and Mail (Rick Groen)
Austin Chronicle (Marjorie Baumgarten)
This sweet, amiable, accurate, and knowing coming-of-age tale is Cameron Crowe's semi-autobiographical boyz-to-men story about how he grew into the role of a rock & roll journalist in 1973. Of course, the movie is about much more than ...read the complete Almost Famous movie review at Austin Chronicle (Marjorie Baumgarten)
Cinema Signals by The Filmiliar Cineaste
Putting aside the fact that he was a tall, thin, gangly kid, Cameron Crowe craftily casts the charming, cuddly Patrick Fugit to play himself (as William Miller) in this autobiographical recount of his years as a teenager breaking into music writing ...read the complete Almost Famous movie review at Cinema Signals by The Filmiliar Cineaste
Three Movie Buffs (Eric Nash)
This movie is like having a good relationship that never gets consummated. You have a good enough time but there is never a moment where you go ...read the complete Almost Famous movie review at Three Movie Buffs (Eric Nash)
reVision
Fra i più recenti racconti cinematografici che attingono alla mitografia del rock, Quasi Famosi si colloca a metà fra Alta Fedeltà , in cui il fan vive il rapporto con i propri idoli attraverso il rituale dell'acquisto e dell'ascolto dei dischi, e ...read the complete Almost Famous movie review at reVision
Slant Magazine
lmost Famous, a nostalgia factory of popular music, is such a starstruck film that it is easy to see why it makes people like Roger Ebert want to hug themselves. This is less a movie than it is a vehicle for baby boomer reminiscence. Gen Xers like myself ...read the complete Almost Famous movie review at Slant Magazine
The Movie Chicks
This movie is about 15 year old William (Patrick Fugit) who is asked by Rolling Stone magazine to write an article on an up and coming rock band, Stillwater. The boy goes on tour with the band and has to learn to maintain objectivity while being ...read the complete Almost Famous movie review at The Movie Chicks
Boston Herald (James Verniere)
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