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Taking Woodstock
Taking Woodstock
Taking Woodstock
  • R
  • 2h 0m
  • 2009
Rotten48%
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A generation began in his backyard…From Academy Award®-winning director Ang Lee (Brokeback Mountain) comes Taking Woodstock, the comedy inspired by the true story of Elliot Tiber (Demetri Martin) and his family, who inadvertently played a pivotal role in making the famed Woodstock Music and Arts Festival into the happening that it was. When Elliot hears that a neighboring town has pulled the permit on a hippie music festival, he calls the producers thinking he could drum up some much-needed business for his parents' run-down motel. Three weeks later, half a million people are on their way to his neighbor’s farm in White Lake, New York, and Elliot finds himself swept up in a generation-defining experience that would change his life–and American culture–forever.
© 2009 Focus Features. All Rights Reserved.

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®
Rotten48%
Critics Consensus: Featuring numerous 60s-era clichés, but little of the musical magic that highlighted the famous festival, Taking Woodstock is a breezy but underwhelming portrayal.
Reviews
Newsweek
David Ansen
Fresh

Some will call his Woodstock naive, but that's what he intends: the movie is a sweet, anecdotal, comic embrace, a gentle reminder that it was once possible to overcome the cynicism of the times and believe that "the flow" leads in a benign direction.

December 14, 2018
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Additional Info

  • Genre:Comedy, Drama
  • Release Date:August 26, 2009
  • Languages:English
  • Captions:English
  • Audio Format:
    5.1
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