I saw Taking Woodstock tonight.
I hate to be the naysayer, but...
While there were some good moments, overall I didn't think it held together very well. Mostly, because I thought the Elliot character just wasn't interesting enough to carry the film. Like his mother says, he's a "schnook", and by the end he's still a schnook. I would like to have seen more of Emile Hirch's character, and Liev Schrieber's Vilma was so underused. I'm not sure if it's James's script or the source material, but the story was pretty jagged, and, full of clichés.
Call me jaded, but I was pretty disappointed.
Maybe you have to see it high.