Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

A lot more amusing than I thought it would be.

The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.

It’s sentimental, ridiculously long and only occasionally funny

Psychedelic look of America from the famous Milos Forman..Starting very well and end up in weird way from the sixties era....funny sometimes,creative and very experimental cinema and noncommercial too,not for all tastes,a little boring but never uninteresting...some rare appearances of some future stars like Carly Simon and Tina Turner....in the ending you are learning how to stop with cigarettes and start smoke Marijuana!! Resume: First watch: 2017 / How many: 1 / Source: DVD / Rating: 7

I just watched this on TVO, having lucked upon it while grazing stations. I am amazed I'd never even heard of this film before. From the first second I was engaged. It is, I think, the single best portrait of the social climate of the early 1970s that I have ever seen. Easy Rider is the only other film that I know of that perfectly captures the feeling of that time period, though I find Easy Rider to be indulgent, where this film is modest and understated. All the performances are wonderful. The girl who played the daughter, Linnea Heacock, is utterly captivating, as is David Gittler, as the rock star, Jamie. (I can find no record of other performances by either actor.) There's a hilarious scene with a young Vincent Schiavelli, where he explains to a bunch of older parents how to smoke pot. The direction is smart though not intrusive, which is very rare. Watch for Carly Simon and Cathy Bates in tiny roles. This film is a real delight. I only wish it were on DVD.

I remember seeing this on tv years ago. The scene that stands out in my memory is the one where, at a seminar, Paul Benedict (Mr. Bentley from Tv's The Jefferson's) schools a group of middle aged parents on the proper way to smoke marijuana. They do this so that they may better understand their children. A scene that really belongs in a late 60's/early 70's time capsule. It is a halarious classic scene that alone makes the film worth seeing. Hopefully this title will be out on video soon.

This is one of the most curiously delightful films I have ever seen. From the first few minutes until it's very end, 'Taking Off' offers an uniquely gentle vision of the confused 70s generation, it's hopes and wishes, and their problematic relationships with their respective, old-fashioned, hypocritical parents. Larry and Lynn Tyne are the heads of a typical american family, with their respective neurosis and worries targeted to their daughter Jeannie, lovely Linnea Hancock, and her taking drugs and the company that surrounds her. As she 'takes off' from home, their parents begin to seek for her, and as the seek continues, their degree of closeness is increased, while them both become absolutely degenerate and carefree - as they judge the new generation to be.Forman presents a simple story that smoothly develops itself into a thoughtful character study about the gap of generations, presented in a fashion never seen before, and most enjoyable, scoring once again by bringing his innovative directing style from Europe to America for the first time, and with a modest budget and unknown stars, with the honorable exception of Buck Henry, Ike and Tina Turner and a very, very young Carly Simon( Singing A Remarkable Ballad, That Goes Like This - Long Term Physical Effects Are Not Yet Known... So, I'll Just Take Another Drag, And Just Get Stoned!(...) Short Term Physical Effects Are So Groovey!) You may glimpse a young Jessica Harper during my favorite sequence, the audition one. The characters you'll find during this are simply... unforgettable. :)So, just enjoy this underrated gem, 'with a smile on your face and a heart to embrace', a faithful portrait of youth, hypocrisy, and seemingly contained parents.