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66
Viewer score based on 84 votes.

Critic Score

55
Critics' score based on 35 reviews.
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September 04,2011
qdcmab

THIS WAS THE WORST EXCUSE FOR A MOVIE EVER! I HATED IT I HATED IT. I saw it with my fly biatchress and I thought it was the biggest waste of time of... my life. I just wanted to get the hell out of here. Full Review

September 19,2009
TheyCallMe Sp00f

This would have been a GREAT documentary. Unfortunately Ang Lee used screen splitting in his attempt to keep it from dragging and failed. The story... line and characters did not draw you into caring about them. One bright spot was Imelda Stauton's acting - great and funny. Full Review

September 10,2009
Skyswan42

Accurate depiction of the event and the people, with enough humor to keep it enjoyable.

September 09,2009
MCBandit98

I had hopes this movie would capture some of the magic of Woodstock. It didnt even come close. The behind the scenes finanial dealings were boring.... he movie didnt even have much music except a soft background track here and there. This movie totally missed the fantastic phenomena that was Woodstock. Rent the documentary footage "Woodstock"for a great experience. Full Review

September 08,2009
Aprilsea
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Critic Reviews

Taking Woodstock has the freshness of something being created, not remembered.Full Review

Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times

If you've ever wondered what it would be like to be there - to actually be there, man - this movie gets it.Full Review

Mick LaSalle
San Francisco Chronicle

It's a low-wattage film about a high-wattage event. Which is somewhat disappointing, though you do get a thoughtful, playful, often amusing film about what happened backstage at one of the '60s' great happenings.Full Review

Kirk Honeycutt
The Hollywood Reporter

This likable, humane movie is not an attempt to recreate the epochal Woodstock Music and Art Fair captured in Michael Wadleigh's documentary "Woodstock." It is essentially a small, intimate film into which is fitted a peripheral view of the landmark event.Full Review

Stephen Holden
The New York Times

Lee captures the fractious, joyful, monstrously evolving mass it all was.Full Review

Owen Gleiberman
Entertainment Weekly
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