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100
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The New York Times A.O. Scott
"Print the legend," Mr. Wilson says at one point, both quoting John Ford and laying the foundation for his own often fact-free fabulous fabulism. And this movie is just that -- fabulous.
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100
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Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert
Shines with a kind of inspired madness.
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100
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Rolling Stone Peter Travers
Like the music, the film is outspoken, roaringly funny, defiantly sexual and relentlessly in your face. I couldn't have liked it more.
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100
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San Francisco Chronicle Jonathan Curiel
Funny, riveting look at the music scene that ruled Manchester, England, from 1976 to 1992.
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90
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Los Angeles Times Kevin Thomas
Amazing, rich in authentic period atmosphere and detail, an ever-changing cyclorama of a movie.
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88
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Boston Globe Ty Burr
Just don't expect the truth. An extremely bent, highly amusing form of the truth, maybe, but not the truth. 24 Hour Party People shares with the current Robert Evans documentary ''The Kid Stays in the Picture'' an awareness that a good anecdote often trumps the facts, but here the cheats are cheekily laid bare.
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88
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Philadelphia Inquirer Steven Rea
Hopped-up and electrifying. The soundtrack is wall-to-wall and propulsive.
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70
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Washington Post
The manic swirl of characters (most speaking in thick Northern accents that are sometimes muffled and incomprehensible) may leave you exhausted and confused.
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67
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Entertainment Weekly Owen Gleiberman
An insider nostalgia trip for graying art punks. It could have been called ''When We Were Cool,'' and it's finally so cool that it freezes you out.
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63
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New York Daily News Jack Mathews
Personally, I'd rather have my brain invaded by flesh-eating beetles than listen to 10 seconds of the Sex Pistols -- Truth is, I've rarely had a worse time watching a good movie.
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