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By Stephen Holden (1,707) for The New York Times (9,847) on 09 May 2013

This likable, humane movie is not an attempt to recreate the epochal Woodstock Music and Art Fair captured in Michael Wadleigh’s documentary…

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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 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 Alex R (2,581) on 17 Mar 2013

Ang Lee's Taking Woodstock is based on the true story of Elliot Teichberg, one of the organizers of the Woodstock festival…

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By Phillip G (271) on 03 Mar 2013

In Spite of an Ambitious Event and Plot Device, This Film Falls Painfully Short of Its Overall Goals…

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By Jeff B (2,998) on 01 Mar 2013

Really well done look at the events that came together to put on the 1969 Woodstock festival…

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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 Rick Groen (1,350) for The Globe and Mail (Toronto) (4,018) on 07 Feb 2013

Ultimately, even Lee appears to lose interest, flashing none of his usual visual panache and, at the end, content to forego any considered…

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By Trev29 (411) on 01 Feb 2013

A wonderful pleasing film in which the reenactment of the event seems so vivid and accurate. It is entertaining and fun…

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By Theresa C (52) on 07 Nov 2012

I love this movie it was amazing ive always been really into the hippy lifestyle and jst this simple movie breaks tht down in twenty minutes…

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By Hugo C (135) on 27 Oct 2012

If this movie was not filled with the crazy characters it had, it would have been an extremely boring slice of life telling of the relocation…

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By Natu G (2) on 17 Oct 2012

Guess I'm just an old hippie; I adored this flick. Great story, great characters, great music, and a lot of fun…

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By Betsy Sharkey (695) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 10 Oct 2012

It's a frustrating complication of a movie with a sprawling story and grand ambitions -- and some truly grand acting -- that stumbles almost…

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By Ryan H (2,006) on 02 Oct 2012

Demetri Martin is pretty funny... but not in this…

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By Jonny P (816) on 02 Oct 2012

Taking Woodstock was far from what I expected…

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By Michael P (1,574) on 25 Sep 2012

Woodstock is entertaining but doesn't completely catch the essence of the amazing event it recreates…

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By Lilian L (172) on 16 Sep 2012

It starts interesting, and it's the most realistic depiction of hallucinating I've seen on screen…

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By Chris E (739) on 11 Sep 2012

An interesting story with an amazing cast. the film just seemed to go on for some time which can't have been a good sign…

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By Claudia Q (4) on 24 Aug 2012

I really enjoyed it, dont get why it has such a low rating…

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By Benny S (33) on 24 Aug 2012

If everyday was a Woodstock day what a wonderful world it would be! I saw this when it first came out…

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