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Hair
Generally favorable reviews
Based on 7 critic reviews
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Based on 4 votes
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Movie Info
Genre(s): Art/Independent | Drama | Musical | War
Written by:
Michael Weller
James Rado and Gerome Ragni (play: book and lyrics)
Directed by: Milos Forman
Release Date:
Theatrical: March 14, 1979
DVD: April 27, 1999
Running Time: 121 minutes, Color
Origin: USA
Summary
RATING: PG
Starring John Savage, Treat Williams, Beverly D'Angelo, Annie Golden, and Dorsey Wright
Claude (Savage), a midwestern boy who's been drafted for the Vietnam War, travels to New York City and meets a group of hippies.
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Also On The Web: Internet Movie Database View The Trailer Official Studio Site Hair: the Musical (Broadway)
What The Critics Said
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
Time Frank Rich
Hair succeeds at all levels—as lowdown fun, as affecting drama, as exhilarating spectacle and as provocative social observation.
Read Full Review >TV Guide Staff (Not Credited)
There is much to recommend in this film, and sheer energy pours off the screen in every frame.
Read Full Review >The Globe and Mail (Toronto) Jay Scott
Hair is entertaining - even fabulously entertaining - because it is so strange, so young, so innocent, so beneficent and adolescent, so lovable and so loving; it is entertaining because it is - all of it is - so impossible, so remote, so inconceivable in any place anywhere outside of a Hollywood musical. [28 Mar 1979]
The New York Times Vincent Canby
A rollicking musical memoir, as much a recollection of the show as of the period, a film that has the charm of a fable and the slickness of Broadway show biz at its breathless best.
Read Full Review >Empire David Parkinson
Forman and screenwriter Michael Weller brought a sense of coherence to the original freewheeling structure and Twyla Tharp's choreography imparted an infectious dynamism. But, the profanity, nudity and disregard for the fourth wall that had made the stage show such a sensation were lost in the translation.
Read Full Review >Chicago Reader Dave Kehr
Everyone seems sincere and bursting with energy, yet there is a strange lack of conviction: Forman has taken the honorable route by refusing to treat the material as easy nostalgia, but the confrontational sentiments no longer have the substance to survive his straightforward presentation.
Read Full Review >Variety Staff (Not Credited)
The spirit and elan that captivated the Vietnam protest era are long gone, and what Forman tries to make up with splash and verve fails to evoke potent nostalgia.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this movie is 9.0 (out of 10) based on 4 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
John R gave it a6:
Good songs and dancing, but pales compared to the original show... too little, too late.
Kris gave it a10:
Forman in his best time. I missed the hippie times, but imagine it could be like that me being more of Bukowski than the Berger.
