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By Limara Salt (33) for Little White Lies (3,136) on 13 Nov 2009

Taking Woodstock is entertaining, funny but also very slight film. Unlike the real Woodstock, it won't change lives or burn in the memory…

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By Elliott Noble (448) for Sky Cinema (1,726) on 13 Nov 2009

Taking Woodstock will leave the unstoned cold and won't have anyone aching for those legendary 'three days of peace and music' that wasn't…

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By Jonathan Dean (62) for Total Film (3,532) on 13 Nov 2009

Some will revel in it, but (younger) viewers may find Taking Woodstock old hat…

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By Damon Wise (265) for Uncut Magazine [UK] (201) on 13 Nov 2009

Ang Lee's latest dissection of the American dream is one of his most complex and even most deceptively subversive films…

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By Andrew Collins (119) for Radio Times (2,421) on 13 Nov 2009

Their roles are played largely for easy laughs in James Schamus's script, which meanders in an echo of the freewheeling vibe of peace and love…

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By Matthew Turner (2,508) for ViewLondon (2,339) on 12 Nov 2009

A watchable drama with likeable performances but it never quite comes together, thanks to an unfocussed screenplay that stumbles badly in the…

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By Ti-Tsai (1) on 14 Oct 2009

About 100 minutes into the film, at the end of the festival, we see the hill littered with garbage and alone stand the US national flag in…

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By Adaml (30) on 09 Oct 2009

This was filmed like an amateur hour mini-series or something. I was constantly aware and annoyed by the meaningless split-screen shots…

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By Andy Klein (675) for Brand X (72) on 19 Sep 2009

This may be the least ambitious of Lee's films, but his directorial chops still guarantee a worthwhile experience…

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By Robertt (10) on 09 Sep 2009

Incredible directing by Ang Lee…

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By Fred Topel (1,193) for Can Magazine (288) on 08 Sep 2009

The most expertly crafted, yet mostly uninvolving, historical music movie…

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By Peter Canavese (1,744) for Groucho Reviews (1,725) on 08 Sep 2009

On balance Taking Woodstock--like Teichberg--takes after its immigrant American father, evincing a quiet humility in offering its rambling…

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By Richard Knight (277) for Windy City Times (216) on 07 Sep 2009

In a field crowded with sharp, aggressive, edgy comedies it's much more gentle, rounded and endearing…

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By Beth Accomando (509) for KPBS.org (509) on 04 Sep 2009

Lee's Taking Woodstock serves up so many clichés and stereotypes that it feels like a film made by someone who had never met a real Jew, Vietnam…

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By Sara Michelle Fetters (1,688) for MovieFreak.com (1,674) on 03 Sep 2009

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…

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By Fernando F. Croce (840) for CinePassion (694) on 03 Sep 2009

Uses the Peace & Love event as white-noise for another flaccid coming-of-age story about an unformed youth's Summer I Grew Up…

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By Ken Hanke (2,234) for Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) (2,247) on 01 Sep 2009

I loved this sweet, gentle film, and prize its charms and heart far more than the debatable weightiness of Lee's Lust, Caution…

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By Fr. Chris Carpenter (308) for Movie Dearest (271) on 31 Aug 2009

The first half of Taking Woodstock is wonderful. Unfortunately, the tone becomes more serious and the pacing meanders in the second half…

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By Bethc. (12) on 31 Aug 2009

This is a charming, delightful summer breeze of a film…

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By Jeffrey Westhoff (767) for Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL) (767) on 30 Aug 2009

The more tightly Taking Woodstock focuses on history, the more satisfying the experience…

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