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Summary: Almost Entertaining...
Review: The biggest letdown of a movie I have seen in a while. The lead character (ie Cameron Crowe as a boy) is way to perfect to be believeable. The movie was shallow and boring. The only character remotely interesting was "Lester Bangs". Somehow, I remeber the 70's as being distinctly different.
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Summary: The Best Film of 2000
Review: There were some great films last year, but this one for me took the cake. It just encompassed everything - romance, fun, adventure, drama, comedy, passion, love, heart and soul. It was FABULOUS! And the music - it'll blow you away! Rent it, see it, buy it, enjoy it! It is definately a classic treasure.
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Summary: A Great Movie!
Review: I wanted desperately to see this movie in the theaters, but with two small children at home, it was impossible. Thank goodness it came out on videotape! I am a huge Cameron Crowe fan ("Say Anything" is my favorite), and I was not disappointed in this film. The acting by Fugit, Hudson, Crudup, and McDormand were excellent. I keep seeing the scene between Crudup and McDormand on the phone, and I have to smile. Billy Crudup was the epitome of a rock singer in the 70's; I couldn't have cast his role any better. Kate Hudson was wonderful as the band's groupie. The music in the film was fantastic; I haven't heard some of those songs in a long time. Knowing that the film was semi-autobiographical made it all the better. Camerone Crowe did a great job with this movie. I was so happy to see that he won the Oscar for best original screenplay.If you want a great movie for a Friday night with friends, rent this one!
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Summary: ...almost unbearable
Review: Possibly the most overrated movie of all time. I almost gave up on this one at least half a dozen times. Absolutely no character development. Kate Hudson was horrible. I laughed maybe twice. There was nothing--absolutely nothing--interesting going on in this movie at any point, on any level, with the possible exception of PSH. It's mindboggling that so many people liked this....
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Summary: disappointed
Review: I purchased the almost famous dvd because I am a fan of Fairuza Balk and she is listed in the cast, she is completely cut from this dvd and to me this is false advertising
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Summary: Cliched story? It's a freaking TRUE STORY (well, somewhat)
Review: I felt this was a great adaptation of Cameron Crowe's adventures as a journalist for Rolling Stone, powered by strong performances, especially with Jason Lee and Kate Hudson. The soundtrack, though not exactly my type, does a great job setting the mood for this classic story. This is one of the most original, touching, at times flat-out hilarious rock and roll stories ever created!
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Summary: if zero stars were a choice.......
Review: Without a doubt,by far the most overated,waste of time film I have ever seen....endless cliche, endless characters you couldn't possibly care less about, and the added insult to injury of it being 2 hours long.... See Spinal Tap instead.....superior in every conceivable way.... I wish I could have gotten comfortable enough to go to sleep through this, since dreaming would have been far more entertaining.....
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Summary: Your mom's really freaking me out!
Review: Cameron Crowe's rock 'n' roll loveletter to 70's excess hits all the right notes. The hipper-than-thou "one-star" contrarians and spiteful naysayers are just insanely jealous of the director's incredibly charmed life (I mean, c'mon...writer for Rolling Stone at 15, several acclaimed films by his early 40's, by all accounts an amiable, down-to-earth guy, married to Rock Babe Extraordinaire Nancy Wilson...he's living every American male's Peter Pan fantasy-I say more power to 'im!). "Almost Famous" joins "Dazed And Confused" as another "American Graffitti" for those of us who reached young adulthood in the mid-70's (but hated Disco!). Crowe coaxes great performances from his ensemble, with standout turns from Billy "Golden God" Cruddup, Frances McDormand and the amazing Phillip Seymour Hoffman (who edges closer to becoming a national treasure with each successive role he tackles). In short, if you know what "Dark Side Of The Moon" sounds like with clicks, pops and turntable rumble...then you'll understand exactly what this film is about!
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Summary: This Movie Is REAL good
Review: I would like to say that this movie is real good. I'm really glad I purchased this movie. The story is real good. Cameron Crowe knows how to make a movie that just makes you laugh and makes you sad. This is one of those movies that you just like to watch over and over. The acting is brilliant, Kate Hudson is perfect for this movie, Jason Lee (of mallrats fame) does a great performance. They all are good. Get this dvd!!
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Summary: Almost Entertaining...
Review: The only character even remotely interesting was "Lester Bangs". This movie was an overfluffed self-indulgent ego trip, no one could be such a perfect child/adolescent as Cameron Crowe was supposed to be. The movie was 100% predictable and contrived. The story line was an assault on my intelligence, and the characters were totally uninspiring. Maybe this stuff seemed more interesting to everyone in 70's when they were stoned, I remember these types of people as directionless buffoons (I was ~10 at the time the movie took place). And now I am certain that with this kind of sentimental crap, the birth of Punk Rock was an inevitability. The movie did have excellent: acting, cinematography and costumes/sets, however I get really irritated when a movie is used as someones self-glorifying ego-trip. Unless you are were a teenager or a 20-something in the 70's you will probably hate this.
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