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Almost Famous

The 21st Century’s 100 greatest films (BBC)

Almost Famous

2000

Cameron Crowe

Patrick Fugit, Billy Crudup, Kate Hudson, Frances McDormand ...

6.8

24,880

Drama. Comedy When teenage writer William Miller finds an unexpected chance to go on tour with a famous rock band and report his experience back to a widely known teen magazine, he is thrilled. Finally getting his reluctant mom's permission, he heads off on a nation-wide tour that proves to be the adventure of a lifetime!

	Author	Review
United States	Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times	It's as if Huckleberry Finn came back to life in the 1970s, and instead of taking a raft down the Mississippi, got on the bus with the band (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Lou Lumenick New York Post	"An utter delight from the first frame to fade-out, it's a love letter to the 1970s."	POS
United States	Rene Rodriguez Miami Herald	"A rich, marvelous movie -- the kind that enchants on so many different levels, it leaves you feeling giddy."	POS
United States	Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"Not since A Hard Day’s Night has a movie caught the thrumming exuberance of going where the music takes you (...) Almost Famous is a winner because Crowe dares to wear his heart on his sleeve"	POS
United States	Kenneth Turan Los Angeles Times	"See it and it'll stay with you as your own memories do: funny, poignant, bittersweet and irreplaceable."	POS
United Kingdom	Xan Brooks The Guardian	"A lively, nostalgic creature whose eager-to-please exuberance conceals a basic laziness of spirit. Enjoy it: just don't fall for it."	NEU
United States	Jay Carr Boston Globe	"Hollywood filmmaking at its best, brimming over with feeling, texture, spirit, and several kinds of keenness that transmute experience into big pop myth."	POS
United States	A. O. Scott The New York Times	"[Crowe] has made a movie about sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll that you would be happy to take your mother to see."	POS
United States	John Anderson Newsday	"The entire movie is as consequential as the Raspberries' greatest hits"	NEU

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