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Hair Reviews

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The "Age of Aquarius" is captured for all time in Czech director Milos Forman's version of the hit 1960s Broadway musical. A clean-cut midwestern kid named Claude (John Savage), fresh off the bus from Oklahoma and eager to do service in the military, comes to New York and ends up sidetracked by a nomadic tribe of hippies in .. Read more

Starring	John Savage, Treat Williams, Beverly D'Angelo, Annie Golden
Director	Milos Forman
Genres	Music/Musical

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Critic's review of Hair
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- Slick, vigorous but eventually unsatisfying version of a quickly dated musical frolic with some obvious points to make.
- 31044
- - Halliwell's Film Guide
  - 02 Mar 2006 at 15:42
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- - 4
  - 0
  Going too far for a friend
  
  Let's face it. Hair has the most atrocious lyrics of modern times based, as they are, almost solely around hippy dictat and the dictionary of obscene words ... read more »
  
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  - Ed Funnell
  - Bronlley, England
  - 08 Dec 2005 at 09:47
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- - 0
  - 0
  Lost its hair
  
  Rather than one big psychadelic party, this is a slightly melancholy take on the flower power hippy 60s. The screenplay is dire, the songs are well known. The ... read more »
  
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- - Ferry41
  - 190 reviews
  - Oxford
  - 12 Feb 2012 at 20:18
- - 0
  - 0
  Don't watch this at the theatre.
  
  Got this as had a ticket to see it in London theatre with the Broadway cast. Sort of enjoyed the film, mainly the music, just hate the way hippes sponge off ... read more »
  
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- - dave woolrich
  - stafford
  - 12 Jun 2010 at 12:42
- - 0
  - 0
  Still as great as I remember
  
  I was born in 1968 in California and grew up with this movie watching it for the 1st time as a kid and even had the sound track. After reading some of the ... read more »
  
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- - HollyWood
  - 4 reviews
  - Sevenoaks
  - 16 Mar 2009 at 10:20
- - 0
  - 0
  Hair - what a psychadelic movie, man!
  
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  This feel-good comedy musical took an unexpected, off-genre twist right at the very end that left me in complete shock - almost tears! I kept saying to myself... read more »
  
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  - Yorkshire, England
  - 29 Nov 2008 at 22:43
- - 1
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  die hippy die
  
  its not that its a bad film but i hate the characters i already hate hippies but the lead character just inflamed the hate i cant believe these people existed ... read more »
  
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  - Warrington
  - 31 Oct 2008 at 12:35
- - 0
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  It's Hair...
  
  Enjoyed.
  
  Although I don't remember actually seeing spontaneous synchronised dancing and singing in any parks, etc around here at the time of ... read more »
  
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- - Dragonslayer
  - 7 reviews
  - Wolverhampton
  - 15 Aug 2008 at 16:11
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  - 1
  Hair
  
  Of all the big musicals of this era I think Hair seems to have aged the most. The songs are OK (but only OK). Casting is mediocre and the story is extremely ... read more »
  
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- - MarkR
  - 38 reviews
  - Redhill
  - 18 May 2007 at 09:32
- - 0
  - 0
  Not my cup of Tea.
  
  Can't say I enjoyed it much as it is too full of Hippies - only watched it because my girlfriend loves it so much... bit like Dirty ... read more »
  
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- - Jez
  - Winchester
  - 20 Oct 2006 at 13:24
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  Still as good as I remember it
  
  It had been a very long time since I’d seen this film but it was exactly as I remembered it, you cannot help but sing along to the songs and I amazed ... read more »
  
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- 268307
- - filmbuffkate
  - 82 reviews
  - Cornwall
  - 26 Jul 2006 at 20:33
- - 0
  - 0
  Love it!
  
  God I love this movie, its one of those cheesy classics that you can watch again and again (bit like Dirty Dancing!) It has everything, a tall, dark, handsom ... read more »
  
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- - Gen
  - Wales
  - 13 Mar 2006 at 16:11
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- - 4
  - 0
  Going too far for a friend
  
  Let's face it. Hair has the most atrocious lyrics of modern times based, as they are, almost solely around hippy dictat and the dictionary of obscene words ... read more »
  
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- 182831
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - Ed Funnell
  - Bronlley, England
  - 08 Dec 2005 at 09:47
- - 2
  - 0
  Gimme a Head With Hair!
  
  Jeez, I'm so jealous of the guys with their beautiful hair in this film, I wish I had hair!
  
  However, this is a great film, if only that the music... read more »
  
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- - Jordan J
  - London UK
  - 17 Jan 2006 at 16:21
- - 2
  - 0
  Hair
  
  A rare thing... a "modern" musical, actually a classic that works well on stage and equally as well on the big screen.
  
  Set in America at ... read more »
  
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- - bacchus
  - London
  - 23 Sep 2004 at 11:07
- - 1
  - 0
  Let the sunshine in
  
  Hair is right up there with the best of the postmodern sing-along musicals (Grease, Rocky Horror, etc.) and I think time has been kind to it. It was a movie ... read more »
  
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- - birdieann
  - 24 reviews
  - West Country
  - 02 Nov 2004 at 17:54
- - 1
  - 0
  die hippy die
  
  its not that its a bad film but i hate the characters i already hate hippies but the lead character just inflamed the hate i cant believe these people existed ... read more »
  
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- 652338
- - a customer
  - Warrington
  - 31 Oct 2008 at 12:35
- - 1
  - 1
  Excellent
  
  What a great film I really enjoyed it
  
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- - a customer
  - London ,England
  - 04 Aug 2004 at 01:03
- - 0
  - 0
  a bit dull ...
  
  I nearly fell asleep over this cliche - although putting it in context I suppose it was filmed in '79. Not particularly a classic however and not enough ... read more »
  
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  - London
  - 26 Oct 2004 at 14:04
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  Dated
  
  Have never seen the stage show of this but expect it to be more exciting. This film version was a bit dull and dated, only a handful of good songs.
  
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  - Ipswich, England
  - 13 Nov 2004 at 20:09
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  Dated
  
  The second half of this film is better than the first - so watch into the end!
  
  I'm not sure what this film is trying to be: it's not antiwar ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - York
  - 27 Aug 2005 at 11:15
- - 0
  - 0
  Hippie Heaven
  
  This wonderfully funky hippie musical really pulls you in. Very heart wrenching if a little predictable. Very well scored and sung by a very attractive cast... read more »
  
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- 146550
- - Stuart Little
  - London, England
  - 01 Sep 2005 at 15:13

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Critics' reviews
- Slick, vigorous but eventually unsatisfying version of a quickly dated musical frolic with some obvious points to make.
- 31044
- - Halliwell's Film Guide
  - 02 Mar 2006 at 15:42
- Other than providing the full stop to his would-be '60s trilogy (previous episodes: Taking Off and One Flew Over the... read more on Time Out
- 44253
- - Time Out
  - 04 Nov 2008 at 00:14
- "...Vibrant and innovative....HAIR is a triumph of technical craftsmanship..."
- 9223
- - Variety
  - 11 Mar 2005 at 12:58
- Included in the New York Times's "10 BEST FILMS OF 1979"
- 9222
- - New York Times
  - 11 Mar 2005 at 12:58

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  The "Age of Aquarius" is captured for all time in Czech director Milos Forman's version of the hit 1960s Broadway musical. A clean-cut midwestern kid named Claude (John Savage), fresh off the bus from Oklahoma and eager to do service in the military, comes to New York and ends up sidetracked by a ...