Review 1:
"...In re-creating an era as a gorgeous carnal dream, Haynes celebrates the art of the possible..."
Source: Rolling Stone
p.132 11/26/1998
Review 2:
"...Dazzlingly surreal....Blazing with exquisite yet abstract passions, and with quite a lot to look at on the side....Ewan McGregor makes a fabulously charismatic rock star..."
Source: New York Times
p.E15 11/06/1998
Review 3:
"...A fascinating reflection on the mythical power of music idols and the nature of memory, identity and nostalgia..."
Source: Box Office
p.125 07/01/1998
Review 4:
"...Haynes' film brilliantly exposes the ideals of youth culture..."
Source: Sight and Sound
p.63-4 11/01/1998
Review 5:
"...[Haynes is] brilliantly audacious....An eccentric hybrid of pop opera and surreal essay....A ravishing rock dream..." -- Rating: B+
Source: Entertainment Weekly
p.52 11/13/1998
Review 6:
"...Fascinating....GOLDMINE dives headfirst into the era's overhyped perversity, and luxuriates in the pouty lips, taut bodies, and fabulous frippery of the glam demigods..."
Source: Premiere
p.32-3 12/01/1998
Review 7:
"...VELVET GOLDMINE is a feverish dream of a movie, a riot of color and attitude that is all pop decadence, all night long..."
Source: Los Angeles Times
p.C8 11/06/1998
Review 8:
"[I]t revels in artifice, is touched by pretension, and dazzles with brilliance."
Source: Sight and Sound
p.33 08/01/2005