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Almost Famous

Movie · 2000 · 122 min

A warm, bittersweet ride through rock-and-roll nostalgia, balancing humor and heartache as it captures the thrill and confusion of growing up.

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2000 film by Cameron Crowe
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Year
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Runtime
122 min
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Tone
  • warmstrength 3 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • coming-of-age
  • music
  • identity
  • family
  • love
Places
  • road trip
  • big city
  • home
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • ensemble
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language strong
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour6
Realism8
Romance5
Tension4
Darkness3
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

Details

Genres
drama, comedy, musical, teen, coming-of-age
Directed by
Cameron Crowe
Written by
Cameron Crowe
Starring
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Kate Hudson, Frances McDormand, Zooey Deschanel, Anna Paquin, Jimmy Fallon, Jason Lee, Mitch Hedberg
Music
Nancy Wilson
Cinematography
John Toll
Runtime
122 min
Country
United States
Languages
English

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