Review of Taking Woodstock (2009) by Eva S — 15 Jan 2010

I could have killed the mother! soooo annoying! I really liked Jonathan Groffs performance .. all smiles and ease.

This review of Taking Woodstock (2009) was written by Eva S on 15 Jan 2010.

Taking Woodstock has generally received mixed reviews.

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By Brett H (1,346) on 20 Mar 2013

Gets off to a rocky start, then the preperations for the music festival are fascinating and then the film just kind of fizzles out into obscurity…

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By Amber M (255) on 11 Jun 2014

Taking Woodstock start interesting, but went the film begings to show the festival, Woodstock stay disagreeably sweet and presents a not so…

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By Dillinger P (324) on 17 Nov 2014

Not worth its 2 hours.....Lets just put it at that. And oh... watch Liev Schreiber as a transgender…

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By Chris B (2,902) on 23 Apr 2013

For a movie being about one of the largest music festivals of the past century, there is a distinct lack of music in the film…

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By Connor G (714) on 01 Feb 2014

The characters were very poorly treated, but the environment of Woodstock was done exceptionally well…

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By Daniel P (2,457) on 26 Feb 2013

It never really reached a peak.. I was always expecting the movie to really begin. but it had a nice atmosphere, and I liked the characters…

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By James Berardinelli (4,524) for ReelViews (4,523) on 03 Jul 2014

The movie hits its stride when it deals directly with the concert. The more peripheral Elliot is to the story, the better things become…

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By Brinn O (177) on 13 Dec 2013

A quirky, unique films with lots of laughs and awkward moments…

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By Anthony Lane (1,079) for The New Yorker (1,837) on 20 Jun 2014

You can’t deny the smiling mood that wafts through the film like incense, and to that extent it honors the original three days; but not once…

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By Andrea Gronvall (422) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 18 Nov 2015

The screenplay is sharp and insightful, the period details ring true, and Martin is appealing as a dreamer conflicted about his homosexuality…

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