Laurel Canyon
User Score
6.6 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 18 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 15 out of 18
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 18
  3. Negative: 2 out of 18

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  1. Katie
    Jul 6, 2005
    10
    Best movie I've seen in years! Brilliant performances by Alessandro Nivola, Kate Beckinsale and Frances McDormand. I never get tired of watching this one.

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Metascore
61 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 36 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 19 out of 36
  2. Mixed: 15 out of 36
  3. Negative: 2 out of 36
  1. Seattle Post-Intelligencer
    Reviewed by: William Arnold
    67
    The cast is as likable as it is improbable (especially Nivola, who all but steals the movie as the charmingly decadent rocker).
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  2. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Ann Hornaday
    60
    McDormand is the best thing about Laurel Canyon. She's also the most unfortunate victim of a film that seems unable or unwilling to give even its most intriguing and compulsively watchable character her due.
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  3. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: J. Hoberman
    60
    The spectacle of pretty people floating languidly across the screen notwithstanding, Laurel Canyon is short on conviction and long on contrivance. McDormand, however, has a ball.
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