Almost Famous (DVD) Reviews

Almost Famous is director Cameron Crowe's(Jery Mcguaire,Vanilla Sky,Elizabethtown) finest film starring Kate Hudson,Billy Crudup and Frances Mcdormand. I watched the extended cut and I must say it didn't appear to be too long at any point(despite its 160 minute duration).The normal duration is 122 minutes. The film is set in 1973 when ...  Read the complete review

Almost Famous is a film I consider one to watch before you die and is a perfect showcase of the ingredients for an extraordinary movie. You can't have anything memorable and vivid without an unconditionally believable cast who, more importantly, connect naturally. For me, Almost Famous represents what newer releases are missing. You can have the ...  Read the complete review

Cameron Crowe is known for his teen dramedies such as Say Anything, and whilst he does sometimes saunter into melodramatic excess, he does have a hand for how teens think, as well as capturing a sense of time and place. No better has he done this than in the Oscar-nominated Almost Famous, which won Crowe an Academy Award for the screenplay he ...  Read the complete review

Who will like this film: Those who love Rock music and everything that goes with bands of the early 70's and what life was like on the road. Director: Cameron Crowe, Drector/ writer of Jerry Maguire. Year: 2000 Rated: 15 Theme/ other: some drugs references. Language: Occasional/ strong. ...  Read the complete review

The film opens in San Diego, 1969. A young boy's passion for music is fuelled by his big sister's rebellion against their quirky mother who thinks all rock and roll music is about is "drugs and promiscuous sex". The sister elopes with her boyfriend at 18 and leaves her brother all her records. We then skip forward and meet ...  Read the complete review

Almost Famous follows an under-age wannabe rock reporter following mediocre US band Stillwater as they tour the country, trying to write a feature article for Rolling Stone magazine (who he's somehow managed to convince over the phone that he's a fully fledged adult). We see the band rivalries, notably between nominal lead singer (the ...  Read the complete review

This movie is a must see for anyone, it is absolutely wonderful and highly entertaining. It deals a lot with the music era from the 60's which I absolutely loved. I love movies that show the time when music made the world go round and the lives that these artists had back in the day. And being that this movie is inspired by true events make it all ...  Read the complete review

This film is all about the coming of age of a 15 year old music fanatic named William. William starts out writing articles for a small local music magazine, but strikes gold when Rolling Stone magazine give him the opportunity to write an article on the up and coming band Stillwater. William meets lots of new intriguing people and is ...  Read the complete review

One of my favourite movies of all time for three reasons; it has an AMAZING ensemble cast; the soundtrack is legendary and contains many classics; and the script is good. The film follows the story of William as he follows the band Stillwater on their tour across America, having been introduced to rock n roll by his sister Anita as she ...  Read the complete review

Rock n' Roll might be Dead but ALMOST FAMOUS certainly is'nt!**** Four Stars, I Really enjoyed this film. Well worth a watch!

Man o Man Almost Famous really is a movie that rocks. The whole story line is awesome, a 15 year old kid writing reviews for the Rolling Stone, man now thats a first job. No more fry duty for this kid. But seriuosly this is a really great movie from start to finsh. Now if your into the whole rock scene you might notice a couple of mistakes like ...  Read the complete review

This review refers to the Region1 Untitled Cut of the film. The Story This film is set in 1973 and is based on a young boy named William Miller (played by Patrick Fugit) who at the age of 15 gets an assignment from Rolling stone magazine to interview the members of the up and coming band 'Stillwater' while on their ...  Read the complete review

This DVD is absolutely essential to die hard Almost Famous fans. The special features and extended scenes; particularly those featuring the Cleveland gig that sits at the heart of the script ad is almost invisible in the theatrical release, provide a better insight into the characters and a look into the '70's rock through the eyes of ...  Read the complete review

As a fan of Cameron Crowe's classic 'Jerry Maguire', this is another original movie equalling it, but evolving from a more personel viewpoint. As, the 15-year-old music fanatic, William, is partially based on Cameron himself, as he too wrote for 'Rolling Stone magazine' and as Cameron admitted this was abit like a fictional ...  Read the complete review

*This review refers to the directors cut of the film, entitled, Untitled. It has just over half an hour more material than the theatrical cut.* William Miller (Patrick Fugit) is bullied at school, all his classmates are 13 and going through puberty whilst he is still at the tender age of 12, or so he thinks. One day his mother, Elaine ...  Read the complete review

As a fan of Cameron Crowe's classic 'Jerry Maguire', this is another original movie equalling it, but from evolving from a more personel viewpoint. As, the 15-year-old music fanatic, William, is partially based on Cameron himself, as he too wrote for 'Rolling Stone magazine' and as Cameron admitted this was abit like a ...  Read the complete review

Well as any of you who have read my previous reviews know, I won't be reviewing the film. What I am here to tell you is that Almost Famous *The Bootleg Cut* is a great DVD. Firstly I guess I should mention that this two-disc set has a full film on each disc. On disc one you have the bootleg cut with 35 minutes of extra footage and on disc ...  Read the complete review

Almost Famous………..Almost My Favourite Film… I first watched this cracking little film about a month ago when I hired it out from my local video shop. Then last week it was shown on Sky box office and I decided to give it another viewing and I have to say the only film I know that beats it is ...  Read the complete review

This is a as seductive as anything I have seen this year and encapsulates what youth is all about as we live for a rock heroes. Equally seductive is the gorgeous Kate Hudson, daughter of the ageless Goldie Hawn who plays the early seventies rock chic come muse who inspired the guys to party hard, she would even get on her knees to ...  Read the complete review

Almost Famous is a brilliant escapist flic for anyone who wished he/she was in a rock band, or indeed a groupie. Director Cameron Crowe supposedly based the story on his own experiences as a young music journalist in the 1970s. It will inspire anyone who has a classic LP to dig it out and spin it again, and will surely bring more than a pang of ...  Read the complete review