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By Tom Long (1,693) for Detroit News (2,682) on 28 Jan 2011

It's sweet stuff, a portrait of an artist in turmoil, under fire and laying himself bare. Howl captures Howl beautifully…

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By Corey Hall (192) for Metro Times (Detroit, MI) (691) on 27 Jan 2011

through the sheer force of his talent, Franco holds together a film that can be as captivating, intriguing, vague and irritating as its…

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By Kirk Honeycutt (1,481) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 27 Dec 2010

What's cinematic experimentation without a few failures in the lab…

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By Nick Deigman (49) for Fan The Fire (489) on 07 Dec 2010

The courtroom sequences serve the dual purpose of showcasing 'the hot guy from Mad Men' and providing a pretentious and didactic platform for…

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By Rob Boylan (29) for Orlando Weekly (1,048) on 02 Dec 2010

This film is not exactly a defining moment of anything, past or present, but it offers a compelling peek at an important point in time…

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By Prairie Miller (985) for WBAI Radio (118) on 29 Nov 2010

Animator Eric Drooker reflects on Ginsberg's creative and political historical moment in time that inspired his astonishing collaborative imagery,…

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By Marjorie Baumgarten (1,950) for Austin Chronicle (7,653) on 12 Nov 2010

Howl is a must-see for Beat freaks and poetry geeks but might not be an enriching experience for newcomers to Ginsberg…

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By Richard Knight (277) for Knight at the Movies (62) on 03 Nov 2010

What really makes Howl such an interesting, though flawed, cinematic experience is that Epstein and Friedman, along with their star, really…

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By Matt Soergel (215) for Florida Times-Union (216) on 01 Nov 2010

There's more thrill in seeing Franco read it in front of adoring beatniks in 1955 San Francisco…

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By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 01 Nov 2010

A phony-baloney trivialization of the title epic poem and its important moment in American cultural history…

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By Rich Cline (3,056) for Shadows on the Wall (2,096) on 29 Oct 2010

This is essentially a movie based on a poem, but it also tells a remarkable life story and grapples with hugely important issues…

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By Clint O'connor (453) for Cleveland Plain Dealer (828) on 28 Oct 2010

You can attach many labels to Howl. Cinematically Enthralling is not one of them. Too bad, because James Franco is excellent…

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By Rob Thomas (1,118) for Capital Times (Madison, WI) (875) on 28 Oct 2010

The film doesn't canonize Howl as a great work, but celebrates it as something wild and alive, and still relevant more than a half-century later…

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By Ann Hornaday (1,919) for Washington Post (9,851) on 27 Oct 2010

Howl mixes a number of story lines and aesthetic approaches: We get glimpses of Ginsberg's early days as a poet, including his relationships…

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By Tricia Olszewski (442) for Washington City Paper (500) on 27 Oct 2010

Though there's nothing really wrong with Franco's performance, there's not much right about it, either…

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By Matthew Turner (2,508) for ViewLondon (2,339) on 27 Oct 2010

An intriguingly multi-layered drama that doesn't quite marry its three strands together, but is still worth watching thanks to strong performances…

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By Eric D. Snider (2,489) for EricDSnider.com (2,026) on 25 Oct 2010

James Franco brings the poet to life so vividly that you feel like you could spend all afternoon listening to him talk…

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By Charlie Lyne (195) for Ultra Culture (187) on 25 Oct 2010

Howl is one of the most artless art films ever made…

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By Rene Rodriguez (1,781) for Miami Herald (3,319) on 21 Oct 2010

Howl is a disappointingly mundane movie about a vibrant, iconoclastic subject…

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By Richard Nilsen (100) for Arizona Republic (3,909) on 20 Oct 2010

This film is a wonderful act of imagination on its own…

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