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Taking Woodstock

Overview


Genre :

Comedy

Release Date :

August 28, 2009 (Wide)

MPAA Rating :

R

Director :

Ang Lee

Starring :

Demetri Martin, Emile Hirsch, Imelda Staunton, Liev Schreiber, Henry Goodman, Jonathan Groff, Eugene Levy, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Paul Dano, Zoe Kazan, Dan Fogler, Mamie Gummer

REVIEWS RATE:  Critics  Nothing's perfect, but it's worth seeing.    Readers  3 of 5 [Rate It]

3 of 5

“..the most fun film in competition at Cannes so far..”
by Kaleem Aftab [The Independent]
“..small, intimate film..”
by Stephen Holden [NY Times]
3 of 5

“..perfectly well-made..”
by Bill Goodykoontz [Arizona Republic]
4 of 5

“..movie of characters and context..”
by Roger Moore [Orlando Sentinel]
2.5 of 4

“..mainly for viewers who want to understand a little bit more about the concert from a behind-the-scenes perspective..”
by James Berardinelli [ReelViews]
2.5 of 4

“..just loiters around..”
by Colin Covert [Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune]
3 of 4

“..has a heart that's solid gold..”
by Joe Williams [St. Louis Post-Dispatch]
1.5 of 4

“..exceedingly lame, heavily cliched, thumb-sucking bore..”
by Lou Lumenick [New York Post]
2 of 4

“..awfully amiable and dull..”
by Rene Rodriguez [Miami Herald]
3 of 4

“..a microcosm of the fabled occasion that brought rock-and-roll to Rip Van Winkle country..”
by Carrie Rickey [Philadelphia Inquirer]
Review rate : B-
Reviewed by Owen Gleiberman [Entertainment Weekly]
2.5 of 4
Reviewed by Wesley Morris [Boston Globe]
2.5 of 4
Reviewed by Claudia Puig [USA Today]
2.5 of 4
Reviewed by Peter Travers [Rolling Stone]
2 of 4
Reviewed by Rick Groen [Globe and Mail]

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