Howl Movie Actor
James Franco,David Strathairn,Jon Hamm,Bob Balaban,Jeff Daniels,Mary-Louise Parker,Treat Williams,Alessandro Nivola,Todd Rotondi,Jon Prescott,Aaron Tveit,Alan Alda,Paul Rudd,Mary-Loise Parker,Andrew Rogers,Allen GinsbergRating & Critics From Visitor For Howl User Rating Howl Movie : 3.4
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All Critical Rating For Howl Movie : 6.4
All Critical Count For Howl Movie : 101
All Critical Percentage For Howl Movie : 62 %
Genres Howl Movie : Drama,Animation,Special Interest
Howl Movie Review
This is a bold, inspiring piece of work, putting experimental techniques in the service of a heartfelt, insightful and surprisingly audience-friendly work of art.Tom Huddleston-Time Out
It's sweet stuff, a portrait of an artist in turmoil, under fire and laying himself bare. Howl captures Howl beautifully.
Tom Long-Detroit News
Admirable if fundamentally academic.
Todd McCarthy-Variety
What could have been a trivial exercise in nostalgia instead becomes a powerful case for the cathartic power of art.
Ann Hornaday-Washington Post
Epstein and Friedman didn't write the film as much as assemble it, using actual interview quotes and court transcripts. And while the loose structure takes some getting used to, it's ultimately effective and at times thrilling.
Moira MacDonald-Seattle Times
Howl is a disappointingly mundane movie about a vibrant, iconoclastic subject.
Rene Rodriguez-Miami Herald
Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman attracted Hollywood talent, had an epic poem and a classic culture clash as their subject and still produced a corpse from it.
Roger Moore-McClatchy-Tribune News Service
To its immense credit, Howl the movie makes a huge success of this potentially problematic mish-mash.
Mayer Nissim-Digital Spy
A docu-drama which has 'aren't we a clever little art house production' tattooed through every frame.
Graham Young-Birmingham Post
Any movies that introduce new audiences to real-life moments when the world was moved forward a little bit by books are nothing to take for granted.
Dave White-Movies.com
It is the trial itself - which Ginsberg did not attend - that is the real payoff here as Howl's defenders and detractors get their day in court.
Jim Schembri-The Age (Australia)
The film's jigsaw construction initially lends an air of freshness and unpredictability, but as the film moves forward the lack of any overarching thematic structure or emotional dynamism becomes a problem.
Lynden Barber-sbs.com.au
Fittingly unconventional in narrative and driven by James Franco's inspired performance, this is a fascinating and thought-provoking tribute to an epic work.
Cara Nash-FILMINK (Australia)
Both poetic as film and insightful as dramatised documentary, an inspired piece of cinema.
Andrew L. Urban-Urban Cinefile
Sadly, I found it only moderately enjoyable and rather smug, much like an average edition of the BBC's Arena.
Philip French-Guardian [UK]
Expertly brings to life the poem and a defining moment in the cultural life of America.
-Daily Express
A beautifully shot, softly nostalgic look into an artist's imaginative, intense and troubled life.
Pamela Jahn-Electric Sheep
What the hell is going on with James Franco? The erstwhile Spider-Man star is rapidly turning into cinema's Renaissance man.
David Edwards-Daily Mirror [UK]
The animated sections are entirely unnecessary and rather terrible, but there's no denying the power of Franco's eerily spot-on incarnation of the prophetic free thinker.
-Film4
There are ways to put poetry on the screen, but this drama-documentary about the Beat versifier Allen Ginsberg fails to find them.
Anthony Quinn-Independent
Howl's biggest triumph, however, is that it never forces the viewer to revere the titular poem beyond its eminent value in testing the limits of society's tolerance.
Shaun Munro-What Culture
A shade of Ginsberg, but a refreshing and solid film.
Simon Jablonski-Little White Lies
More like a laborious 84-minute trailer.
Peter Bradshaw-Guardian [UK]
Howl is the American version of The King's Speech.
Sukhdev Sandhu-Daily Telegraph
Franco is outstanding as the gay, insecure poet, whose worship and love for fellow Beats Jack Kerouac and Neal Cassady informed his urgent, passionate early work.
Adam Smith-Radio Times
Like one of those ghastly Vanity Fair black and white photo spreads where hot young actors dress up and pose as bygone icons.
Dan Callahan-House Next Door
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