Review of Velvet Goldmine (1998) by Miss Morrygan — 30 Oct 2008

Love the visual realisation and the story is great to.

This review of Velvet Goldmine (1998) was written by Miss Morrygan on 30 Oct 2008.

Velvet Goldmine has generally received positive reviews.

Was this review helpful?

Yes

More reviews of this movie:

More Reviews of Velvet Goldmine

Review of Velvet Goldmine (1998)

By Dawdlingpoet (1,123) on 28 Nov 2021

The most memorable performances in this film, I felt, were from Christian Bale and Toni Collette…

Read Review

Review of Velvet Goldmine (1998)

By Harry W (1,900) on 13 Dec 2015

Having no idea what to expect from Velvet Goldmine, I simply went in blind hoping for some sort of stylish glitz and glam…

Read Review

Review of Velvet Goldmine (1998)

By Bill M (1,080) on 31 Jul 2015

This is a truly strange and unique little movie, on the surface (and this movie is all surface really) nothing much works, the acting is really…

Read Review

Review of Velvet Goldmine (1998)

By Roman R (421) on 22 Jun 2013

Velvet Goldmine no es precisamente un biopic de David Bowie ni una obra que profundice en sus personajes sino mas bien un retrato de la escena…

Read Review

Review of Velvet Goldmine (1998)

By Irena P (27) on 11 Aug 2013

Very good movie, excellent soundtrack. play the game of finding countless references…

Read Review

Review of Velvet Goldmine (1998)

By Richard Harrington (181) for Washington Post (9,851) on 10 May 2016

The film is a visually beautiful but clumsily plotted mishmash of Citizen Kane, Eddie and the Cruisers and England's last overblown movie musical,…

Read Review

Review of Velvet Goldmine (1998)

By Enrica C (185) on 17 Jan 2013

If you haven't seen it already, go watch it right now. Velvet Goldmine is quite a unique movie…

Read Review

Review of Velvet Goldmine (1998)

By Scott C (2,765) on 01 May 2013

Some great visuals, but yet another boring movie from an ultra boring filmmaker who made one of the most boring films ever made ('Safe')…

Read Review

Review of Velvet Goldmine (1998)

By Gilda M (1) on 24 Jun 2013

Glam and glitters everywhere, but as uneven as the sound balance…

Read Review

Review of Velvet Goldmine (1998)

By Reece L (510) on 12 Dec 2015

Velvet Goldmine is gay with a capital G and features several pretty dudes in skin-tight leotards and should therefore appeal to me, but its…

Read Review

More reviews of this movie

Reviews of Similar Movies

Review of Love's Abiding Joy (2006)

By Ken Hanke (2,234) for Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) (2,247) on 10 Oct 2006

Love's Abiding Joy isn't even a film. It's a Hallmark TV movie -- literally -- one that will be shown for free on TV in December…

Read Review

Review of The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy (2000)

By Dennis Lim (218) for Village Voice (8,525) on 17 Aug 2014

Bloated loquaciousness, damp self-absorption, and defensive reflexiveness on display here…

Read Review

Review of Six Degrees of Separation (1993)

By Helen H (252) on 24 Sep 2006

This is a well acted movie, but I did not like, as my friend Tori says, I am not into the bum love…

Read Review

Review of Mulligans (2008)

By Brian R (1,372) on 29 Nov 2009

Sooooo after-school special it hurts. The only thing that kept me watching was the very handsome Dan Payne as the older love-interest…

Read Review

Review of Hello Again (2017)

By Maryann Johanson (2,701) for Flick Filosopher (2,694) on 29 Sep 2017

Appears to believe it has something poignant and universal to say about love and sex, but it hits not one plausible or emotionally authentic note…

Read Review

Review of The Children's Hour (1961)

By Corey B (870) on 03 Nov 2009

Very boring film, has a original premise to it however everything else about it is fairly slow (even for my taste) and nothing about aside…

Read Review

Review of Cowboys & Angels (2004)

By Akiva Gottlieb (16) for Village Voice (8,525) on 26 Jun 2016

Ostensibly a less colorful, feature-length Queer Eye, the film also examines the apparent social trichotomy of modern Ireland, where you're…

Read Review

More Reviews

Popular Movies Right Now

Top Gun: Maverick

2022

82%272 Reviews

Inside Out

2015

86%1,276 Reviews

Barbie

2023

68%382 Reviews

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

2023

85%233 Reviews

Babylon

2022

68%144 Reviews

Nope

2022

68%181 Reviews

Midsommar

2019

69%207 Reviews

The Prodigy

2019

53%39 Reviews

Spider-Man: No Way Home

2021

79%458 Reviews

The Platform

2019

70%94 Reviews

Movies You Viewed Recently

Velvet Goldmine

1998

72%539 Reviews

Hearts in Atlantis

2001

66%433 Reviews

Dead Calm

1989

68%394 Reviews

What Doesn't Kill You

2008

59%222 Reviews

Free Willy

1993

64%482 Reviews

Doomsday

1938

59%536 Reviews

Ben-Hur

2016

51%820 Reviews

The Moderns

1988

64%22 Reviews

Conspiracy Theory

1997

62%524 Reviews

Center Stage

2000

63%431 Reviews