54% Critic Match

Like It Is

“More than just a film... an experience!”

5.4 / 10• 1968• 1h 12m•R• English

Documentary

Storyline

This documentary on the "youth movement" of the late 1960s focuses on the hippie pot smoking/free love culture in the San Francisco Bay area.

Candee Earle

Herself

Lead

Adele Rein

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Michelle Angelo

Psychedelic Dancer (uncredited)

Janice Kelly

Psychedelic Dancer (uncredited)

James Brand

Introductory Narrator (uncredited) (voice)

3.0

“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. William Rotsler's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”

— Manohla Dargis, The New York Times

3.0

“Every frame feels alive. Like It Is is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”

— Anthony Lane, The New Yorker