If you are in search of a warts-and-all movie that exhibits the seamy facet of 70s rock tradition – and there undoubtedly was a facet for which the phrase “seamy” is not damning sufficient – this isn’t the film for you. But if you’d like a shiny and breezy coming of age story set in rock’s golden period, Almost Famous is a delight and one of the best use of Elton John’s Tiny Dancer we have ever seen.
It’s a slight story: a younger, starry eyed journalist will get to accompany rock gods on tour. But as LA Weekly wrote: “The movie shimmers with the irresistible pleasures that outline Hollywood at its finest – it is polished like glass, humorous, figuring out and shiny, and stuffed with characters whose lives are invariably sexier and extra purposeful than our personal.”
With a forged that includes Billy Crudup, Frances McDormand, Kate Hudson and Patrick Fugit it is eminently watchable, and it options some actually memorable scenes: you will by no means hear the phrases “golden God” in the identical manner once more.
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Rolling Stone is aware of a factor or two about rock. And in its evaluate, Peter Travers stated that “if you have not already offered your soul to rock and roll, Almost Famous ought to seal the deal. It’s pure pleasure. Just don’t count on the darkish facet. Not since A Hard Day’s Night has a film caught the thrumming exuberance of going the place the music takes you.”
The Hollywood Reporter beloved probably the greatest Prime Video motion pictures too. “It’s a coming-of-age story compressed into a number of mad weeks. And [director Cameron] Crowe, the ex-journalist, captures the essence of fine journalism – its watchfulness, persistence and that intuition for a great human story.”
As for the Boston Globe, its evaluate stated that the movie was “Hollywood filmmaking at its finest, brimming over with feeling, texture, spirit, and several other sorts of keenness that transmute expertise into huge pop fantasy”.
I like the evaluate by legendary and sadly missed critic Roger Ebert , who wrote: “Oh, what a beautiful movie. I used to be virtually hugging myself whereas I watched it.” And the Chicago Tribune was in settlement. “It rocks arduous and sweetly, making that previous reside and sing for us. I beloved this film madly, and so will a lot of you.”
