Almost Famous

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Almost Famous

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2000

2h 2m

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Set in 1973, it chronicles the funny and often poignant coming of age of 15-year-old William, an unabashed music fan who is inspired by the seminal bands of the time. When his love of music lands him an assignment from Rolling Stone Magazine to interview the up-and-coming band Stillwater -- fronted by lead guitar Russell Hammond and lead singer Jeff Bebe, William embarks on an eye-opening journey with the band's tour, despite the objections of his protective mother.

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Critics Consensus

Almost Famous, with its great ensemble performances and story, is a well-crafted, warm-hearted movie that successfully draws you into its era.

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Peter Travers

Rolling Stone

Mar 26, 2024

5/5

If you haven't already sold your soul to rock & roll, Almost Famous should seal the deal. It’s pure pleasure. Just don’t expect the dark side. Not since A Hard Day’s Night has a movie caught the thrumming exuberance of going where the music takes you.

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Manohla Dargis

L.A. Weekly

Mar 26, 2024

The film shimmers with the irresistible pleasures that define Hollywood at its best -- it's polished like glass, funny, knowing and bright, and filled with characters whose lives are invariably sexier and more purposeful than our own.

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Kirk Honeycutt

The Hollywood Reporter

Mar 26, 2024

It's a coming-of-age tale compressed into a few mad weeks. And Crowe, the ex-journalist, captures the essence of good journalism -- its watchfulness, persistence and that instinct for a good human story.

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

Feb 24, 2026

3.5/4

Perhaps the most flat-out entertaining movie of its year.

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Mike Massie

Gone With The Twins

Sep 25, 2025

6/10

It’s more of a sweet, satirical take on an extraordinary childhood, concerned with careful character development far more than unforgettable misadventures on the road.

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Julian Singleton

Cinapse

Jul 12, 2025

Almost Famous is a film that lives up to its credo of being honest and unmerciful about the people, places, and period it depicts, with love and melancholy mixed in bittersweet balance.

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Zoey

May 27, 2026

One day, you’ll be cool if you watch this movie.

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kelly p

May 22, 2026

A classic. One of my all-time favorites. Ages well and never disappoints.

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Tom F

@RT55173143 1 day ago

I really love this movie, it’s just one of those things that makes me happy.

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Henry D

@Henry_Domke Oct 24, 2026

Surprisingly familiar, but still wonderful. Lots of good music, but it's not my favorite music from that period.

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Gareth V

@geewah Oct 13, 2026

It’s gratitude turned into cinema, written by someone who knows how lucky he was and wants you to feel it too. The performances are superb, the soundtrack is perfect, and the final stretch lands with real emotional force.

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Henri V

@hvalmont Oct 7, 2026

Almost Famous makes you want to be a groupie or a Rolling Stone writer in 1973. Cameron Crowe filmed his own teenage years touring with rock bands, and it is the warmest movie ever made about music and the least naive. Nobody is a villain, nobody is a victim, the kid is not a hero - everyone is just young and reaching. "I am a golden god!" shouted off a roof is still the funniest line in American movies, and the bus singing Tiny Dancer is the most joyful five minutes ever put on film. It loses half a star only because it ends. Some films you watch. This one you move into.

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Synopsis

Set in 1973, it chronicles the funny and often poignant coming of age of 15-year-old William, an unabashed music fan who is inspired by the seminal bands of the time. When his love of music lands him an assignment from Rolling Stone Magazine to interview the up-and-coming band Stillwater -- fronted by lead guitar Russell Hammond and lead singer Jeff Bebe, William embarks on an eye-opening journey with the band's tour, despite the objections of his protective mother.

Director: Cameron Crowe
Producer: Ian Bryce, Cameron Crowe
Screenwriter: Cameron Crowe
Distributor: DreamWorks SKG
Production Co: Vinyl Films, DreamWorks Pictures, Columbia Pictures
Rating: R (Drug Content|Brief Nudity|Language)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 15, 2000, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 1, 2013
Box Office (Gross USA): $32.5M
Runtime: 2h 2m
Sound Mix: DTS, Dolby Digital, SDDS, Dolby SR, Surround
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

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