Taking Off

I loved this movie when I saw it when it came out. It isn't available on VHS or DVD but I'm fortunate in that I taped it from TV and have it on a Beta tape. I'm lucky I have... Full review

I discovered this by accident, and have to wonder why it has been so ignored these last 22 years. Forman's take on the America of the late sixties is a beautiful mood piece, at times amusing, at times moving, but... Full review

Milos Forman's first American release is part social satire, part farcical look at two morose, middle-class parents (Buck Henry, Lynn Carlin, both outstanding)who begin to enjoy life only after their teenage daughter (sad-eyed LinneaHeacock) runs away. At once funny and... Full review

Milos Forman is settling in to America here, learning the ways of rich Puritans. The casting is just about perfect; I don't recall Buck Henry being as expressive--in that deadpan way--in a movie. The scene between Georgia Engel and Lynn... Full review

Thoroughly Entertaining little gem that takes a look at the early 70's American culture through a newcomers eyes in this Milos Forman's first American feature. The comedy bounces playfully from the wry, to the absurd, to even the satirical without... Full review

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... Full review

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... Full review

This is the first Milos Forman's movie in America. It's still got the European style, a very special way to describe the story. Bourgeois parents tries to find why their quiet teenage girl ran away from home. It's a story... Full review

You couldnt ask for a better last gasp than this. The studio figured that Formans affectionate antiauthoritarianism would nab them Easy Rider box office. ... Full Review

When Milos Forman set out to make his first American movie, he moved into a house on Leroy Street for more than a year. The door was always open, and Forman spent most of his time talking to anyone who... ... Full Article

Roger Ebert / December 31, 1971 While trying to make up my mind this week about the year's 10 best movies; I came across a melancholy item in a recent issue of Film Quarterly. ... Full Article