Almost Famous

This is one of my all time favorite movies. I am totally suspended the entire time. The music is great, the acting is great, the scenes and flow are so good. There is some cliche but that is the rock and roll we wound up with. Will watch again.

Story really captivates even though I really don't like hard rock stuff anymore (now I like mostly stuff like Lawrence Welk as I'm older now). I really love the mother in this movie she's the best -

In this film, an aspiring rock band offers a high school student the chance to tour with them while writing an article about them for Rolling Stone Magazine. In essence, this is a rock 'n' roll, sex, and drug movie that even your mother could watch with you.This pays homage to bands that have faded away. It pioneers new ground for the rock movie and radiates a remarkable warmth and confidence in people's capacity for moral behavior.I have to say that I enjoyed this movie a lot more than I had anticipated. It was executed flawlessly.

I feel like I stepped through a rock n roll time machine. Very well done, home boy!

Very good

One of the classics.

I enjoyed the music in the movie

Must be my age (77), but I don’t know how I missed this fantastic movie when it first came out. Must have been busy with life at that point in time. Highly recommend it!

I've loved this film since the first time I watched it and decided to replace my DVD copy with the Blu Ray version. Sadly the Blu Ray disk only contains the Extended Cut which adds around 40 minutes to the films running time. This is truly a case of "more is less" because the extra footage while not bad in and of itself destroys the pace and focus of the film. It is a shame that there is not an option to chose which version one wants to watch on the disk or even an option to buy a separate release version of the film on BD.Initially when I saw a few extra bits in the film I was pleased because sometimes films are excessively trimmed to fit a two hour running time and as I like the film and the characters this initially seemed like it could be an improvement. But I was finding that what had been a really enjoyable film over multiple viewings was simply dragging. Yes we get to know a few of the supporting characters better in this version and yes there are undoubtedly "moments" that have a charm of their own, but none of these changed the story or added depth, only breadth. It is clear that the original release version had been edited well and that the quality of what was left in was better than the bits that ended up on the cutting room floor, and to an extent leaving the viewer to fill in the gaps can make us more sympathetic. It is often the same with "bonus" tracks on remastered CDs where the previously unheard tracks are clearly inferior to those on the original album.Obviously some reviewer do appreciate the longer version and this is no doubt because their focus is on wallowing in the atmosphere of 1970s rock. My interest is generally in story, and personally find films that convey atmosphere and mood succinctly are more enjoyable.

wow what a great movie, amazing soundtrack with 5 led zeppelin songs, that amazing as jimmy page & robert plant never give permission for their songs to be used in movies, even though they didnt give them permission for stairway to heaven, but still 5 great led zepp tracks plus jimi hendrix tracks & deep purples burn, also has a great story plus the super hot kate hudson & over 2 hours 20 minutes long makes this DVD well worth the money to me.

Having grown up in the 70s, where going to concerts was a big part of my life, I have always found this depiction of those days to be very accurate. In addition, it's a moving story, one of Cameron Crowe's coming of age as a journalist writing about, and traveling with, rock bands.The long version of this movie is so much better than the theatrical release; with an additional 40 minutes of material, it fills out the characters much better. This set includes both versions, and a CD of music by Stillwater, unavailable otherwise. The director's commentary - by Cameron Crowe and his mother - is also interesting to learn about how this film relates to Crowe's life.Whenever I hear Elton John's Tiny Dancer, I immediately think of this movie...

Considering the director also bought is the truly-immense and thought-provoking Vanilla Sky, it's a wonder how this travesty ever happened. It's obviously an autobiographical vanity project by a music journo whose early success has clearly gone to his head. Self-indulgent, overly bloated and grandiose. This actually puts me OFF other films he's made.

Love this film that captures the 70s vibe so well and the revolutionary power of music in that era -especially on the US side, but there is a lot that British people can relate to as well. Great soundtrack too. Superb performances and the sex drugs rock n roll aspect of it is tastefully done without being sleazy.