Ewan McGregor, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Toni Collette and Christian Bale star in this post-glam-rock music drama from Oscar-nominated filmmaker Todd Haynes (Carol).
Almost a...
Ewan McGregor, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Toni Collette and Christian Bale star in this post-glam-rock music drama from Oscar-nominated filmmaker Todd Haynes (Carol).
Almost a decade has elapsed since Bowiesque glam-rock superstar Brian Slade (Meyers) escaped the spotlight of the London scene. Now, investigative journalist Arthur Stuart (Bale) is on assignment to uncover the truth behind the enigmatic Slade. Stuart, himself forged by the music of the 1970s, explores the larger-than-life stars who were once his idols and what has become of them since the turn of the new decade.
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63 %51 reviewsRotten Tomatoes® rating
80 %40,097 reviewsAudience score rating
"It wants to be a movie in search of a truth, but it's more like a movie in search of itself."
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Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert"It remains a kaleidoscopic cult classic..."
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Sight & Sound
Sight & Sound"This is the most unhinged music-biz film since The Doors and nearly as formless."
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The Guardian
The Guardian"Dazzlingly surreal..."
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The New York Times
The New York Times"A rollicking good ride, thanks to Todd Haynes’s haunting, colourful, and poetically vivid images and expressive, soulful performances from the entire cast..."
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Slant Magazine
Slant Magazine"Its sole triumph is to replace Absolute Beginners as the most derided British music movie of all time."
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Empire Magazine
Empire Magazine"The plot only slows a film that works best as a feast of sight and sound."
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Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone"Collette... is close to a revelation as Slade’s game wife who gets lost in the dust of his demise."
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Variety
Variety"Velvet Goldmine is no masterpiece, but, at its best, it’s a ravishing rock dream."
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Entertainment Weekly
Entertainment Weekly"If you bother to scratch through the silver glitter eye shadow, there's absolutely no movie left."
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CNN
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- Rating
- R,
- Runtime
- 118
- Genre
- Drama, Music
- Country of origin
- UK, USA
