Movie #97 "Taking Woodstock" is not really an attempt of esteemed director Ang Lee to historically stage the events that occurred at Woodstock, but rather it is a coming of age film (and I'm a sucker for those) that happens to come about due to the young guy helping to set up this historical event in his backyard. I give it 4 stars because I thought it was very funny, but it is very slow-paced and the viewer has to wait for the jokes, which are often character generated. It also has a lot of nudity, bad language, and the after effects of drugs. A quirky thing about this film is that there are a lot of small parts played by bigger actors; for example, look for Liev Schreiber as a transvestite security agent. Nice legs!
Average rating: 3.195
I gave it 4 stars
Taking Woodstock
(2009) R
A twentysomething man (Demetri Martin) finds his life forever changed in the summer of 1969 when he offers up his parents' motel in the Catskills as a home base for Woodstock organizers and helps the show go on by donating an all-important music festival permit. Ang Lee directs this fresh take on 1960s counterculture based on Elliot Tiber's memoir by the same name. Eugene Levy, Imelda Staunton, Emile Hirsch and Jeffrey Dean Morgan co-star.
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