“Licorice Pizza,” a shaggy, fitfully brilliant romp from Paul Thomas Anderson, takes place in a 1973 dream of bared midriffs and swinging hair, failures and pretenders.

‘Licorice Pizza’ Review: California dreaming and scheming

Truth trickles over like a hot block of lava when two lovers, on the brink of separation, fight. "Everyone is unhappy in New York!" Jonathan 'Jon' Larson (Andrew Garfield) screams in defense when Susan (Alexandra Shipp) tells him what he has, frankly, known all along: that he is a success-crazed, table-waiting, broke artiste with a pigeon-holed approach towards musical writing.

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‘Licorice Pizza’ Review: California dreaming and scheming

'Tick, Tick... Boom!' review: Andrew Garfield's ode to musical genius is heart-wrenching