Peace, Love & Misunderstanding

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Jacqueline B Agreed, the movie is kinda smaltzy and a little predictable, however it is also confronting in a number of ways if you take the time to look. For example - it brings awareness to how often we can make assumptions and slime people with our attitudes because of our own self righteousness. I also thought the small vid at the end was really powerful (in fact, the whole movie is an explanation of this piece), and highlighted the small and large 'violences' we perpetrate on each other day to day. This small part of the movie really made me look at myself - so discuss lighting if needed, but I think that most seem to be missing what this movie had to say... I could go on, but I'll let you come to your own understanding around what this might be. Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 06/05/25 Full Review Audience Member The movie reminded me of a cartoon about a well-dressed Yuppie walking from his disappointed hippie parents' home. Indeed, that is actually the premise of the movie, about a woman lawyer finding her husband wanting to divorce her, so she takes her teenage children for the weekend to Woodstock, New York to see her mother, a hippie whom she hasn't seen in 20 years. The reunion is less awkward than expected, but there are still unresolved issues between mother and daughter, and the kids include a son who uses a video camera to fulfill his dream of being a movie maker a la Warner Herzog, as well as a stuck-up intellectual vegetarian daughter. Once you see the hippie culture still alive in Woodstock, the rest of the movie is basically a dysfunctional family story, how mother, grandmother, and the teenage kids still conflict, and how they all deal with the quirky locals of Woodstock, not all of whom are hippies. The movie philosophizes but has no deep meaning or surprises, but is still mildly entertaining. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/22/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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