In 1969, 500,000 people descended on a small patch of field in a little-known town in upstate New York called Woodstock. The documentary chronicles the legendary music festival in unflinching details.
Sprawling and overlong, it's nonetheless a valuable time capsule. You get the impression nothing could take the place of being there to witness the legendary event firsthand.
Filmcritic.com
April 10, 2009
a dazzling reminder of a simpler, younger time and the brief promise it attained.
Wonderful document of its era; music reigns supreme still
EmanuelLevy.Com
June 17, 2009
A seminal docu on any number of levels, musically, sociologically, and historically, Woodstock is a unique chronicle, at once summing up the zeitgeist and signaling the end of an era; for once Oscar voters were right.