
This movie, based on the cult Broadway musical of the 60s, tells a story about Claude, a young man from Oklahoma who comes to New York City. There he strikes up a friendship with a group of hippies, led by Berger, and falls in love with Sheila, a girl from a rich family. However, their happiness is short because Claude must go to the Vietnam war.... (Full plot summary below)
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This movie, based on the cult Broadway musical of the 60s, tells a story about Claude, a young man from Oklahoma who comes to New York City. There he strikes up a friendship with a group of hippies, led by Berger, and falls in love with Sheila, a girl from a rich family. However, their happiness is short because Claude must go to the Vietnam war.
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| TimeFrank RichHair succeeds at all levels—as lowdown fun, as affecting drama, as exhilarating spectacle and as provocative social observation. |
| Creative LoafingMatt BrunsonWith the possible exception of A Hard Day's Night, it gets my vote as the all-time best rock film. |
| New York Daily NewsKathleen CarrollMilos Forman's movie version of Hair is every bit as exhilarating and exciting as the original play. What's more, Forman has managed to recreate with amazing accuracy the rebellious mood and irreverent spirit of those confusing times. |
| The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Jay ScottA 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. |
| Greenwich Village GazetteEric LurioMy best performance as a movie star...if you can find me! |
| Groucho ReviewsPeter CanaveseHair benefited from the creative freedom of '70s cinema...at its best when it's most creatively subversive... [Blu-ray] |
| EmanuelLevy.ComEmanuel LevyMilos Forman's screen version of the landmark musical production is uneven, though there's no doubt it would have been better received had been made earlier, during the Vietnam War. |
| Movie MetropolisJames PlathIt's the songs that make this film worth watching. Without them, it's a pretty uneven narrative that can be awfully slow at times. |
| EmpireDavid ParkinsonForman 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. |
| Chicago ReaderDave KehrEveryone 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. |