ericanjensen I enjoyed this movie. It made me think about my own relationships that might need mending. Also made me happy to see Catherine keener's character let go of hard feelings, and just forgive.Everyone needs to love their mom!

TxMike It is June and all the TV series are into reruns so my wife and I searched Netflix streaming for something to entertain us. We found this movie and we were entertained, me more than my wife I believe.It starts in New York City and Catherine Keener is Diane Hudson, mother of two and a type A attorney. The two kids are about to go off to college and her husband tells her, right before their house party, he wants a divorce.Diane deals with this by taking a road trip to see her mother, apparently estranged for 20 years. Along go the kids, Nat Wolff as Jake Hudson and Elizabeth Olsen as Zoe Hudson.Grandma lives where else but Woodstock. She is played well by Jane Fonda as Grace who in her real life was somewhat of a flower child and war protester. In her 70s she still lives about the same life she did back in the 1960s and even grows pretty good pot for the locals.Everyone from out of town meets a love interest in Woodstock, there are protests in the streets and a festival. Even Idol contestant Katherine McPhee makes a singing appearance. The whole movie is quite quirky and entertaining if you like that sort of thing.The whole theme is "love", the need for people to quit carrying emotional anchors around and instead just "release" old grudges and enjoy life.

MtnShelby I was looking for a light, enjoyable film for a Friday night after a long work week, and this one fit the bill. Sure, it's not a perfect film, as many reviewers point out. The jokes often fall flat, the plot has lots of clichés, Jane Fonda is highly spirited but a bit hyperbolic, the goddess night made me cringe, and the sugary romance (especially the young teen romance) can pour on thick as honey. Still, there are lots of fun tidbits, particularly Jane with her chickens and naked lovers roaming freely about the house. And what a house it is--an awesome collection of kitsch and clutter, worth seeing the film just for the house and the lush rolling fields and flowers. The chickens steal a couple of scenes, and Jeffrey Dean Morgan was a great surprise (I don't watch television, so his charms were new to me). If you don't go into the film with too many expectations, it's worth watching. I needed mindless stress relief, and this film certainly did the trick.

Lorna Anne Coffey Free-spirited Moms and daughters story. I enjoyed the simple message of "each to his own". The Woodstock references and various musicians together with Jane Fonda (who lived it) are fun. The different love stories are contemporary and delightfully portrayed. This is no big movie with an incredible plot, it is just life! If you throw out any cynicism you hold you will enjoy it. Jane Fonda is simply beautiful, and I personally enjoyed the gorgeous 2 main male characters, just because. The guidelines for reviews says don't pad the review with junk words - I am not sure what that means if I read what I have written so far. I only want to say, it is a well presented movie with some delightful actors and a believable story-line.