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9 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 70Village VoiceSherilyn ConnellyVillage VoiceSherilyn ConnellyThe 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.
- 50Los Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinLos Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinUnfortunately, Merson clutters her sometimes soulful, sensitive story with too many formulaic contrivances to impede Catherine's personal and professional progress.
- 40VarietyDennis HarveyVarietyDennis HarveyEven 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.
- 38McClatchy-Tribune News ServiceRoger MooreMcClatchy-Tribune News ServiceRoger MooreAs instantly forgettable as the pleasant but unremarkable tunes Miller, Sagal and assorted soundtrack artists sing during the film.
- 30The New York TimesStephen HoldenThe New York TimesStephen HoldenThis is a movie that runs on magical thinking.
- 30The Hollywood ReporterSheri LindenThe Hollywood ReporterSheri LindenWith its faux small-town values, faux countercultural ethos and faux personal struggles, Rita Merson’s debut feature skews closer to delusion than honesty.
- 20The DissolveAndrew LapinThe DissolveAndrew LapinThe 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.
- 0Slant MagazineClayton DillardSlant MagazineClayton DillardThe 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.