This is my all-time favorite film. It's not a perfect film by any means, but it's such a fun film, it's so clearly filled with love for the subject at hand, it's got great performances by Kate Hudson, Billy Crudup, Frances McDormand, and Philip Seymour Hoffman, and I get chills every time I get to the "Tiny Dancer" scene.
Great movie, if you love music you gotta see this one. It's beautiful, has remarkable scenes and charachters and the soundtrack is full of great artists that people nowadays should recognize because they play an important part on the life we have nowadays. Rock&Roll changed humanity.
I watched the extended cut of Cameron Crowe's semi-autobiographical Almost Famous (some 35 minutes longer), and it on a lazy Sunday afternoon, it doesn't really feel like it's too long and it's hard to figure out what WASN'T in the original. This tribute to the rock'n'roll scene of the early 70s, using fictional band Stillwater as a composite group to hang other bands' stories on, has 15-year-old Crowe stand-in William Miller (Patrick Fugit) follow the group on tour to write an article for Rolling Stone while trying to avoid becoming friends with "the enemy". Fugit hits a ceiling when he's supposed to be angry, but he's very good at quieter emotional moments, and his wide-eyed, open-hearted observer persona is incredibly sympathetic. Other actors at the start of their careers here include Zooey Deschanel (not good), Jay Baruchel (amusing) and of course Kate Hudson, who go on to win an Academy Award and trade it for bad romcoms. She's lustrous as the band's super-groupie, but the people who steal the show for me are Billy Crudup whose rock god genius persona seems to be what he's recapturing on The Morning Show these days, and Frances McDormand as William's highly-educated but over-protective mom - she's hilarious and a force to be reckoned with. Almost Famous, in any edit, has a lot of memorable moments and obviously, a killer soundtrack, but it's sweet too. At the longer length, it's like living through a Behind the Music special and maybe the fabricated movie moments call more attention to themselves (like the plane crash scene), but I'm not complaining.
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nymusix
This is my all-time favorite film. It's not a perfect film by any means, but it's such a fun film, it's so clearly filled with love for the subject at hand, it's got great performances by Kate Hudson, Billy Crudup, Frances McDormand, and Philip Seymour Hoffman, and I get chills every time I get to the "Tiny Dancer" scene.Rigters
Great movie, if you love music you gotta see this one. It's beautiful, has remarkable scenes and charachters and the soundtrack is full of great artists that people nowadays should recognize because they play an important part on the life we have nowadays. Rock&Roll changed humanity.Cadeicus
This film made me fall in love with Kate Hudson.But this was a fantastic film for teenages like myself, and I'll will be re-watching this one a lot.
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This movie has so much wit, heart and great music, that is almost close to perfect.WinterInJapan
The director's cut is even better than the screened version, if you can believe that.Rohit
I love this movie. I still cherish every moment of watching it on the big screen.airi86ja
Great! So musical, so true.Brantastic16
I can't believe I didn't see this sooner. It's immediately an all-time favorite.Siskoid
I watched the extended cut of Cameron Crowe's semi-autobiographical Almost Famous (some 35 minutes longer), and it on a lazy Sunday afternoon, it doesn't really feel like it's too long and it's hard to figure out what WASN'T in the original. This tribute to the rock'n'roll scene of the early 70s, using fictional band Stillwater as a composite group to hang other bands' stories on, has 15-year-old Crowe stand-in William Miller (Patrick Fugit) follow the group on tour to write an article for Rolling Stone while trying to avoid becoming friends with "the enemy". Fugit hits a ceiling when he's supposed to be angry, but he's very good at quieter emotional moments, and his wide-eyed, open-hearted observer persona is incredibly sympathetic. Other actors at the start of their careers here include Zooey Deschanel (not good), Jay Baruchel (amusing) and of course Kate Hudson, who go on to win an Academy Award and trade it for bad romcoms. She's lustrous as the band's super-groupie, but the people who steal the show for me are Billy Crudup whose rock god genius persona seems to be what he's recapturing on The Morning Show these days, and Frances McDormand as William's highly-educated but over-protective mom - she's hilarious and a force to be reckoned with. Almost Famous, in any edit, has a lot of memorable moments and obviously, a killer soundtrack, but it's sweet too. At the longer length, it's like living through a Behind the Music special and maybe the fabricated movie moments call more attention to themselves (like the plane crash scene), but I'm not complaining.Earring72
One of my all time movies. Great music, cast, story. Sweet coming of age comedy dramahigh_madness
I just can't figure out how is it that no one told me to watch this movie before!!!saydin7
quite watchable. overratedsaveferris
I am a golden god!Dieguito
About the best musical years in human historyLitso
How have I missed this the past 10 years? Awesome movie with an incredible cast.Showing items 1 – 15 of 23