Story Line
It's San Francisco in 1957, and an American masterpiece is put on trial. Howl, the film, recounts this dark moment using three interwoven threads: the tumultuous life events that led a young Allen Ginsberg to find his true voice as an artist, society's reaction (the obscenity trial), and mind-expanding animation that echoes the startling originality of the poem itself. All three coalesce in a genre-bending hybrid that brilliantly captures a pivotal moment-the birth of a counterculture.
6.5Global · TMDB
Nine-factor breakdown
SHOWING: GLOBAL
Story
6.7
Acting
5.9
Visuals
6.7
Emotion
6.5
Comedy
6.9
Pacing
6.6
Sound
6.7
Directing
6.5
Rewatch
6.1