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38 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100Film.comTom KeoghFilm.comTom KeoghA wondrous honesty.
- 100Rolling StonePeter TraversRolling StonePeter TraversIf you haven't already sold your soul to rock & roll, Almost Famous should seal the deal.
- 100TimeRichard CorlissTimeRichard CorlissSo Almost Famous is almost fabulous. Oh, all right. The movie's so clever and endearing, you can forget the almost.
- 100Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranLos Angeles TimesKenneth TuranSee it and it'll stay with you as your own memories do: funny, poignant, bittersweet and irreplaceable.
- 91Portland OregonianShawn LevyPortland OregonianShawn LevyOne lucky guy, on a roll with rock.
- 90TNT RoughCutJ. RentillyTNT RoughCutJ. RentillyCrowe has never been better.
- 88San Francisco ExaminerWesley MorrisSan Francisco ExaminerWesley MorrisMore often than not the film casts an infectious, evocative spell.
- 88Boston GlobeJay CarrBoston GlobeJay CarrHollywood filmmaking at its best, brimming over with feeling, texture, spirit, and several kinds of keenness that transmute experience into big pop myth.
- 80VarietyTodd McCarthyVarietyTodd McCarthyMore gentle and modestly insightful than it is exhilarating or revelatory.
- 75Philadelphia InquirerCarrie RickeyPhiladelphia InquirerCarrie RickeyCrowe is so good on mood and milieu that when Elton John's bubblegum ballad "Tiny Dancer" swells on the soundtrack, in this context it sounds like a hymn.