See it and it'll stay with you as your own memories do: funny, poignant, bittersweet and irreplaceable.
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Portland OregonianShawn Levy
Portland OregonianShawn Levy
One lucky guy, on a roll with rock.
90
TNT RoughCutJ. Rentilly
TNT RoughCutJ. Rentilly
Crowe has never been better.
88
San Francisco ExaminerWesley Morris
San Francisco ExaminerWesley Morris
More often than not the film casts an infectious, evocative spell.
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Boston GlobeJay Carr
Boston GlobeJay Carr
Hollywood filmmaking at its best, brimming over with feeling, texture, spirit, and several kinds of keenness that transmute experience into big pop myth.
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VarietyTodd McCarthy
VarietyTodd McCarthy
More gentle and modestly insightful than it is exhilarating or revelatory.
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Philadelphia InquirerCarrie Rickey
Philadelphia InquirerCarrie Rickey
Crowe 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.