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By Bob W (910) on 27 Sep 2010

Busey's best; Unfortunately it still is. the entire movie is a fitting tribute to the man who made the music…

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By Richard T. Jameson (72) for Parallax View (176) on 17 Sep 2010

[W]hat really puts the movie over is the actor in the title role, Gary Busey…

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By Russell G (1,053) on 18 Jul 2010

I respect The Buddy Holly Story above most other musician biopics because all of the music was performed live during the filming…

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By Josh H (1,272) on 09 Jul 2010

Biopics are annoying, especially to fans of the person being biopic'd…

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By Paul M (2,133) on 19 Jun 2010

It was refreshing to see a movie about a rock band with no drugs or alcohol abuse...or affairs...other than his band mates wanting time off,…

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By Stefán Birgir S (309) on 17 Jun 2010

Gary Busey does a real good job portraying the icon. The rest of the movie falls pretty flat…

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By Helena M (211) on 04 Jun 2010

Saw this movie about tragic deaths of outstanding musicians again after three decades and the music is still perfect…

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By Bruno L (623) on 21 May 2010

Most of the biographical movies about musicians have similar stories, but I thought this one was really good, especially considering the year…

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By Catherine S (209) on 12 May 2010

Pretty weird to see a young-ish gary busey. He did a pretty good job in this one but he did have some gary busey moments…

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By Robin P (467) on 01 Apr 2010

Excellent movie ( though its not acurate) and Gary Busey is actually real good and deserved the oscard nod…

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By Carlton J (9) on 31 Mar 2010

Not entirely accurate but love the music, all 3 played and sang live in each take…

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By James H (4,675) on 07 Mar 2010

81/100. Gary Busey's performance certainly contributes a lot to the success to this film…

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By K S (197) on 24 Jan 2010

Gary Busey was firing on all cylinders here. Great biopic…

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By David F (1,889) on 09 Dec 2009

Despite a TV movie feel and a reviewer's quote (with no story link that worked for me) that the story was 80% fiction, the film still featured…

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By Blake S (150) on 03 Dec 2009

Was a lot better than I thought it would be…

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By Josh G (853) on 14 Jul 2009

Gary Busey is perfect as the rock n roll-legend Buddy Holly. I love this movie…

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By James R (2,282) on 05 Jul 2009

Gary Busey stars as Buddy Holly…

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By Ingalill T (5) on 16 Jun 2009

The Geekiest & coolest rock 'n roller of all time! :)…

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By Max (106) on 16 Jun 2009

The Geekiest & coolest rock 'n roller of all time! :)…

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By Kelly B (807) on 04 Jun 2009

In the past decade, there has been several Musician/Bio-Pics filmed, but Buddy Holly Story still remains one of the best…

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