Always Woodstock
Gravitas Ventures | Release Date: November 14, 2014 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
30
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 9 Critic Reviews
Positive:
1
Mixed:
3
Negative:
5
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
70
Village VoiceSherilyn ConnellyNov 11, 2014
The rom-com elements don't always work, and the conclusion is a bit pat, but Always Woodstock is never less than charming and funny along the way. Read full review
50
Los Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinNov 13, 2014
Unfortunately, Merson clutters her sometimes soulful, sensitive story with too many formulaic contrivances to impede Catherine's personal and professional progress. Read full review
50
ObserverRex ReedNov 12, 2014
The movie, which has all the freshness and insight of a Movie of the Week on the Hallmark channel, is a first for the writer-director, which probably accounts for its lack of any definitive style or focus. Read full review
40
VarietyDennis HarveyNov 15, 2014
Even by its genre’s comfort-food standards, this movie feels blandly circumscribed, almost child-proofed, as if any sharper reality or wit might be harmful to the intended audience. Read full review
38
McClatchy-Tribune News ServiceRoger MooreNov 11, 2014
As instantly forgettable as the pleasant but unremarkable tunes Miller, Sagal and assorted soundtrack artists sing during the film. Read full review
30
The Hollywood ReporterSheri LindenNov 14, 2014
With its faux small-town values, faux countercultural ethos and faux personal struggles, Rita Merson’s debut feature skews closer to delusion than honesty. Read full review
30
The New York TimesStephen HoldenNov 13, 2014
This is a movie that runs on magical thinking. Read full review
20
The DissolveAndrew LapinNov 13, 2014
The film uses its setting as lazy shorthand: for the nostalgia of lost childhood, the virtues of independence, and the spiritual purity of acoustic rock. And the hero unearths all this meaning while only having to interact with one person older than 30. Read full review
0
Slant MagazineClayton DillardNov 9, 2014
The filmmakers play Catherine's disgustingly narcissistic sense of entitlement as endemic to the supposedly girl-next-door charms befitting the film's thoroughly normative gender politics. Read full review
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