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Taking Woodstock
Directed by
Ang Lee
R
2009
2h
Comedy
,
Drama
,
and more
6.7
48%
47%
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A man working at his parents' motel in the Catskills inadvertently sets in motion the generation-defining concert in the summer of 1969.
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Cast of Taking Woodstock
Demetri Martin
Elliot Teichberg
Imelda Staunton
Sonia Teichberg
Henry Goodman
Jake Teichberg
Jonathan Groff
Michael Lang
Eugene Levy
Max Yasgur
Emile Hirsch
Billy
Dan Fogler
Devon
Liev Schreiber
Wilma
Mamie Gummer
Tisha
Jeffrey Dean Morgan
Dan
Paul Dano
VW Guy
Kelli Garner
VW Girl
Adam Pally
Artie Kornfeld
Skylar Astin
John Roberts
Richard Thomas
Don
Kevin Chamberlin
Jackson Spiers
Edward Hibbert
British Gentleman
Lee Wong
George the Doorman
Katherine Waterston
Penny
Anthoula Katsimatides
Esther
Clark Middleton
Frank
Bette Henritze
Annie
Sondra James
Margaret
Christina Kirk
Carol
Daniel Eric Gold
Joel Rosenman
Josh Safdie
Documentary Cameraman
Kevin Sussman
Stan
Caitlin FitzGerald
Young Woman
David Lavine
Journalist
Ang Lee
Director / Producer
Elliot Tiber
Writer
James Schamus
Writer / Producer
Tom Monte
Writer
David Sauers
Producer
David Lee
Producer
Patrick Cupo
Producer
Taking Woodstock Ratings & Reviews
Newsweek
David Ansen
Some will call his Woodstock naive, but that's what he intends: the movie is a sweet, anecdotal, comic embrace, a gentle reminder that it was once possible to overcome the cynicism of the times and believe that "the flow" leads in a benign direction.
MovieFreak.com
Sara Michelle Fetters
It took me to a time and a place in history I'd really only known thanks to my mother's stories, Lee and Schamus capturing that very same whimsical devil-may-care vibe inherent in all of them.
Salon.com
Stephanie Zacharek
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 culturally monumental event.
Movie Retriever
Brian Tallerico
So easy to get behind thematically and one with fascinating subject matter, but it's a movie that never gets over some of the stereotypes of its subject matter to present a fully-formed, relatable, human drama.
Chicago Tribune
Michael Phillips
This is very light material, and, unusually for a Lee picture, not everybody in the ensemble appears to be acting in the same universe, let alone the same story. On the other hand: It's fun.
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle
Taking Woodstock has the appeal of an inside story told from an especially good angle. But beyond that, the movie is a celebration of the way this event has gone into memory and of the meaning it has acquired.
New York Daily News
Joe Neumaier
It's great that Taking Woodstock doesn't trample on anything sacred, but it also never arrives anywhere interesting.
TIME Magazine
Richard and Mary Corliss
Lee's first total miscalculation, his first wholly inessential film.
Wall Street Journal
Joanne Kaufman
Taking Woodstock is hardly a bad trip; just a very inconsequential one.
Detroit News
Tom Long
Lee takes the viewer on a sweet-enough and nicely personalized trip through a corner of the '60s. And even if he skips the main event, he finds plenty of color in its surroundings.
Denver Post
Lisa Kennedy
Lee's larkiest film by far, Taking Woodstock features faces familiar and fresh.
Dallas Morning News
Preston Jones
Taking Woodstock fails to achieve anything beyond a contact high because of Martin's listless performance as the central character.
Christian Science Monitor
Peter Rainer
The drama in question, Ang Lee's Taking Woodstock, is a bit like the festival itself - a happy mess.
Austin Chronicle
Marjorie Baumgarten
The film's focus on one man's story instead of the event itself is a solid narrative choice; the execution, however, is uneven and disappointing.
I.E. Weekly
Amy Nicholson
I'm starting to suspect that Lee's insight into American thought is only a little deeper than a Western filmmaker who thinks he's brave for still bringing up bound feet.
Seattle Times
Moira MacDonald
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.
Washington Post
Ann Hornaday
If you stick with this wistful, fitfully funny little trip, you will be rewarded with a movie that makes up in warmth, humanism and self-effacing modesty what it lacks in crackerjack pacing and epic pop-historical grandeur.
CinemaBlend
Katey Rich
A gentle and largely enjoyable way to tell a story, but also one that never leaves much of an impression.
Beliefnet
Nell Minow
Some will appreciate the combination of vision and happenstance that led to the festival and its place in public consciousness as a marker for a generational shift.
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