Peter Travers
Rolling Stone
Bright idea having the indisputably great director Ang Lee take us back to the garden to find the grit, grace and innocence that marked the Woodstock Music Festival in Bethel, New York, 40 years ago this month. Not so bright having the script by the estimable James Schamus focus on the sexual coming-out of Elliot Tiber (Comedy Central's Demetri Martin), whose failing family motel in the Catskills played a part in bringing the festival to fruition. How big a part? Festival producer Michael Lang, portrayed with crafty, angelic fervor by the gifted stage actor Jonathan Groff (Spring Awakening, Hair), claims there's exaggeration, notably in Tiber's connection to Max Yasgur (the always-welcome Eugene Levy), whose 600-acre dairy farm became the concert site. [...]
di Peter Travers, articolo completo (2032 caratteri spazi inclusi) su Rolling Stone 26 agosto 2009
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