Review of Taking Woodstock (2009) by Tim G — 20 Dec 2009
"Taking Woodstock" is an interesting little film, with a great cast, a talented director, and sort of fresh look at the whole "Woodstock" phenomenon. Despite all of this, it never really exceeds the sum of its parts, and in the end left me with an undeniable feeling of "meh.
" The movie tells the "true" story of a young man and his relatively poor parents that manage to wrangle their local town into hosting the music festival to end all music festivals - Woodstock.
The cast is fantastic: Demetri Martin, Emile Hirsch, Jeddery Dean Morgan, Liev Schreiber - the list goes on on and on. The script approaches the festival from a "sort of" fresh perspective, and I can appreciate that.
Ang Lee's visuals are solid as well; subtle and never feeling too over-the-top that it takes away from the story. The movie is missing something though. Despite all the things it's doing right, it all comes off feeling very run-of-the mill, and honestly a bit pointless.
This isn't the kind of movie that's going to stick with you, nor is it likley the kind of movie you'll even want to see a second time. "Taking Woodstock" is a decent, sometimes funny little drama and that's all.
It is worth a viewing. Just not two.
This review of Taking Woodstock (2009) was written by Tim G on 20 Dec 2009.
Taking Woodstock has generally received mixed reviews.
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