Almost Famous

Year: 2000

Grade: down

Country: USA

Director: Crowe

Review

i bet cameron crowe just gooed himself after he wrote the screenplay for this piece. within the first five minutes three vws make a cameo – bus, bug, and the ghia. this was the hightlight of the film. the two best characters were seen the least – the mother and the daughter. the mother (franced mcdormand) was great and real and believable, unlike most of the other characters. kate hudson was good for the part, but the part was retarded. what seemed to be the apex of the comedy in this film was when three groupies tried to rape the 15 year old lead character. ha ha ha. some performances stood out – philip seymore hoffman was, as always, very good. jimmy fallon was good. the movie, overall, just seemed very contrived. i could picture the studio execs the whole time in the boardroom laughing their heads off about how they were cashing in on jerry maguire’s success. best thing about the movie – the soundtrack. played four led zeppelin songs – rain song, misty mountain hop, that’s the way, and tangerine.

Watched in theater