Taking Woodstock Reviews

Does a great job of recreating the time, place and people that came together to make something magical in the middle of the summer of 1969.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5

A valentine to America.

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A ham-handed attempt to indicate the oncoming tragedy of Altamont ends the film with a touch of contrivance, but it's the only sour note in an otherwise flawless film.

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Amazing that Ang Lee can make such a listless movie about arguably one of the most high energy times in recent history.

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An interesting idea, but it doesn't really have much to capitalize on outside of the authentic period reproduction.

Full Review | Original Score: 5/10

Watch carefully as the film tries to ramrod too many themes, invoking split-screen technique, and see if you can identify how often self-indulgence is confused for enlightenment.

Full Review | Original Score: C-

Não se revela particularmente interessante ou minimamente revelador no que diz respeito à natureza de Woodstock ou do próprio protagonista.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5

A minor work from Brokeback Mountain director Ang Lee that is enjoyable but ultimately underwhelming.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5

This may be a minor movie, but it displays the hallmarks of a major talent.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5

Achieves the highly improbable by making one of the most exciting events of the 1960s look really boring.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5

A rare misfire for the usually reliable Lee.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5

Taking Woodstock is entertaining, funny but also very slight film. Unlike the real Woodstock, it won't change lives or burn in the memory.

his is by no means a terrible film, but from a filmmaker as exceptional as Ang Lee it's a rare disappointment.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5

Taking Woodstock will leave the unstoned cold and won't have anyone aching for those legendary 'three days of peace and music' that wasn't there in the first place.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5

Some will revel in it, but (younger) viewers may find Taking Woodstock old hat.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5

Ang Lee's latest dissection of the American dream is one of his most complex and even most deceptively subversive films.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5

Their roles are played largely for easy laughs in James Schamus's script, which meanders in an echo of the freewheeling vibe of peace and love.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5

Undermining the entire snooze-fest is Lee and Schamus's sentimental, clichéd view of Woodstock as the last flowering of hippie innocence.

Full Review | Original Score: 1/5

Ang Lee's attempt to put the Swinging Sixties on the screen with love, respect and a dash of humour is a distinct disappointment.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5

If this is Brokeback Mountain director Ang Lee's attempt at comedy he should stick to heavy drama.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5