Michael Pointer

I love Kate Winslet and it was interesting to see a young Melissa McCarthy before she hit it big. But even with those women, this is one of the worst movies I've ever, ever seen. What a mess.

At times, it is excellent. The interviews are very good and it does a really good job of showing how not just the festival but other events of the late '90s tie into some of the issues our society faces today. I had never seen a lot of the archived film from the event and the story of the man who died during the event is well told and heartbreaking. I also appreciated how they showed how the original Woodstock has been glorified over the decades and people continue to exploit that. The two "organizers" of the Woodstock 99 event are two of the most arrogant people I've seen in some time. They took no responsibility for anything and blamed much it on MTV. They came off as jerks, which I suspect they are. Now, a couple of complaints and they are big ones. 1) The filmmakers correctly point out the exploitation of women that was going on and how it was just magnified at a booze- and drug-filled event like this. So, why continually show topless and naked film throughout the film? I think some of it was necessary to get a feel of what was going on but after a few minutes of it, it just felt exploitive -- which is what they were complaining about. 2) What the hell did the reference at the end to the Coachella Festival mean? How are the two events remotely related other than one happened three months after the other? 3) I know some of the acts involved probably declined to be interviewed but would love to have known the motivations behind some of the things they did. That was, shall we say, an interesting concert lineup. I would recommend it for sure but what could have been a great film delves into being merely a good one.

Fantastic performance by Riz Ahmed, who I have been a fan of since his work in HBO's "The Night Of," which was brilliant. Should get an Oscar nomination.

Heard it was terrific but it is even better than I expected. Beautifully shot, great young actors and the story moves at just the proper pace. Might be the best televised drama series I've seen since "Mad Men." This the type of quality we expected from HBO during its heyday. Just a remarkable production.

I watched because I was in college when the original movie came out. I remember seeing it and talking about it incessantly with friends. The movie has not aged well but the remake is insipid, especially the last four episodes. Poorly written. There's flashbacks all over the place and they are hard to figure out, unless they include Dan's daughter at different ages. It could have been a well-told, two-hour movie in the right hands. Instead, it was one of those things that you had to treat as farce. No suspense in the least. I love Lizzy Caplan and I hope she avoids projects like this in the future. She can do better. There is next to no sexual tension between her and Joshua Jackson. I stuck with it because I wanted to see the ending. It was wildly implausible. They left it open for a second season. I'll skip it. I politely suggest others do as well.

The retro-futuristic look is kind of interesting. The acting is pretty good. The plot is one of the most insipid I have seen. Do not waste your time with so much other good stuff out there.