Peace, Love & Misunderstanding Reviews

Movie Reviews

• you grab your silly pleasures where you can find them

  Review rate : D+ 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 ]

• there is no casting decision (or character nuance, or plot turn) too obvious to indulge

  Review rate : D 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 ]

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