Overview
Genre :
DramaRelease Date :
June 08, 2012 (Limited)MPAA Rating :
RDirector :
Bruce BeresfordStarring :
Catherine Keener, Jane Fonda, Elizabeth Olsen, Chace Crawford, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Nat Wolff, Rosanna Arquette, Kyle MacLachlan, Marissa O'Donnell
REVIEWS RATE:
Critics 
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[Rate It]
Review rate : D+
“..you grab your silly pleasures where you can find them..”
“..you grab your silly pleasures where you can find them..”
by Lisa Schwarzbaum [Entertainment Weekly]
“..words are only part of the story..”
by Michael Phillips [Chicago Tribune]
“..though the movie may putter and sputter a lot like Grace's vintage Beetle, rarely has head-to-toe tie-dye been pulled off with such flare..”
by Betsy Sharkey [Los Angeles Times]
“..this head-hammering, clash-of-values family-healing dramedy makes sure to literalize all of its uplifting messages..”
by Melissa Anderson [Village Voice]
“..there's some beautiful cinematography on display, and the town of Woodstock feels fully realized in a way that goes beyond just the music..”
by Andrew Lapin [NPR]
Review rate : D
“..there is no casting decision (or character nuance, or plot turn) too obvious to indulge..”
“..there is no casting decision (or character nuance, or plot turn) too obvious to indulge..”
by Chris Vognar [Dallas Morning News]
“..the narrative doesn't build; rather it sags to its foregone conclusion..”
by Carrie Rickey [Philadelphia Inquirer]
“..only the mighty Fonda cuts through the claptrap; the rest is just a long, predictable trip..”
by David Fear [Time Out New York]
“..often plays like a remake of Georgia Rule with the political polarities reversed..”
by J. R. Jones [Chicago Reader]
“..needless to say, the paradox of a holistic grandma played by a movie legend with a face lift is never explore..”
by Ty Burr [Boston Globe]
“..every plot turn is groaningly predictable..”
by Stephen Holden [New York Times]
“..all the same, the spectacle of first-rate actors attacking third-rate material is guilty fun..”
by Joe Morgenstern [Wall Street Journal]
