Velvet Goldmine

"It wants to be a movie in search of a truth, but it's more like a movie in search of itself."

"It remains a kaleidoscopic cult classic..."

"This is the most unhinged music-biz film since The Doors and nearly as formless."

"Dazzlingly surreal..."

"A rollicking good ride, thanks to Todd Haynes’s haunting, colourful, and poetically vivid images and expressive, soulful performances from the entire cast..."

"Its sole triumph is to replace Absolute Beginners as the most derided British music movie of all time."

"The plot only slows a film that works best as a feast of sight and sound."

"Collette... is close to a revelation as Slade’s game wife who gets lost in the dust of his demise."

"Velvet Goldmine is no masterpiece, but, at its best, it’s a ravishing rock dream."

"If you bother to scratch through the silver glitter eye shadow, there's absolutely no movie left."