Demetri Martin, Imelda Staunton, Emile Hirsch
A man working at his parents' motel in the Catskills inadvertently sets in motion the generation-defining concert in the summer of 1969.
DVD Release Date: December 15, 2009
Stats: 3,284 reviews
Demetri Martin is a wonderfully clever young comedian - one of his hour-long stand up specials pondered the meaning of "if" in a sort of hip and casual routine, to be summed up perfectly in one of his first lines: "the unexamined life is not worth living... man!". He's sort of yo...( read more)
i was 13 when those infamous 3 days of peace and love occurred, which is to say i'd never been there, of course, and the truth is i probably wouldn't've gone if i'd've been of age, and in new york, and in the know. i'd read about it, sure, but still i've always wondered what it ...( read more)
Elliot Teichberg: Hello, I need you to connect me to something called Woodstock Ventures.
An Ang Lee summer comedy. That's a fun start off sentence. This film is a behind the scenes look at the story of the young man who setup the legendary 1969 Woodstock Festival. The film mean...( read more)
Merely pleasant period film about how a humble interior decorator sparked a musical revolution by offering the organizers of Woodstock, boarding at his family's dilapidated motel. Director Ang Lee is more interested in the behind the scenes business of putting the event togethe...( read more)
A movie about Woodstock, the most famous music festival, disappointingly is not about the music. This story is more a coming of age tale with cliches and drug trips, and like a drug trip, is scatter-brained and nearly incoherent. There are some likeable moments, but not enough an...( read more)
Surprisingly underrated comedy about how the classic Woodstock concert came together. Demitri Martin is perfect in his lead role, his first film. Emile Hirsch is excellent in his small but pivotal role, and Liev Schrieber steals the whole movie as an unexpected transvestite who p...( read more)
It's harmless enough as a snapshot of a young man's awakening to the grand possibilities of adult life, but not particularly effective at capturing the spirit, the thrill or even the mud of this cultu... full review
Taking Woodstock has fine moments and an enjoyable vibe, but it never develops a coherent point of view. full review
Taking Woodstock has its pleasures; it's really a sweet-natured coming-of-age tale, with a famously groundbreaking rock concert lurking in the background. full review
Taking Woodstock has the freshness of something being created, not remembered. full review
Lee and his producer and screenwriter, James Schamus, have turned Tiber's book into a gentle, rather tepid film. Its first half is modest and likable, but it goes on for over two hours. full review
Really, it's the same circumstance captured in Bye Bye Birdie, but Lee and Schamus lack a sense of humor. full review
All the tie-dye, reefer, skinny-dipping, split-screen cinematography (from Eric Gautier) and acid-trip psychedelics courtesy of Tiber's encounter with hippies (Paul Dano and Kelli Garner) can't make u... full review
Lee's movie captures the mellow mood and mud-caked faces of the crowd but misses the reverberations of the counterculture revolution that brought the great unwashed to that farm. full review
Okay 1st of all EVERYONE who doesn't like this movie go take a giant leap off of a very tall cliff. I TOTALLY LOVE this movie alot!!!!!!!!!!!!! I know there are people who don't like it but hey we all have an opinion and the only opinion that matters to me is MINE!!! I would have loved to been a teenager back when this happened cause I def would have went to it baby!!!!!!!! I love the music alot and oh my gaaawd(I don't say GOD), all of the people that was there totally was super kewl!!! I think that Max Yasgur(the dude who let the concert happen on his property) and his wife are totally super kewl and they always will be too in my heart!!! I am tearing up right now just thinking about how kewl this stuff was!!!! Think about it, there was Janis Joplin, The Who, Jimi Hendrix, Santana and many many other greats there too and this real freaking thing actually really happened!!! I SO WISH that I would have been alive back then too cause I MOST DEF WOULD HAVE WENT TO IT!!!!!!!!!!
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