Almost Famous

This spirited semiautobiography rocks! Writer-director Cameron Crowe, who wrote for Rolling Stone as a 15-year-old, charts a teen's coming of age around the Age of Aquarius. Patrick Fugit is wonderful as the young incarnation of Crowe, who learns all about life, love, sex, drugs and especially rock and roll while touring with a rising band. Kate Hudson, Billy Crudup, Frances McDormand.