Taking Woodstock (2009) NYT Critics' Pick

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Demetri Martin as Elliot Tiber, flanked by Henry Goodman and Imelda Staunton as his parents, in “Taking Woodstock.”
By STEPHEN HOLDEN
Published: August 26, 2009

Don’t be misled by the title of Ang Lee’s “Taking Woodstock.” 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 that took place on Aug. 15 through 18, 1969, on a dairy farm in Bethel, N.Y., and has since been exalted ad nauseam for its good vibes. More