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Garden State (2004)
When Andrew Largeman (Zach Braff) returns to his hometown for his mother's funeral, he reconnects with old friends and - since he's gone off his depression medication - himself. A chance meeting with Sam (Natalie Portman), who also suffering from various maladies, opens his world to the possibility of rekindling emotional attachments, confronting his psychologist father, and perhaps beginning a new life. (read more)
| Release Date: | July 28th, 2004 |
| MPAA Rating: | R |
| Running Time: | 1 minutes |
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Garden State Movie Review by Zara  (12/30/2008) |
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You know, I took a long time before deciding to write some reviews for movies that I've seen a couple of times previously. GARDEN STATE is one of those movies that sits in my head and I still think about from time to time, mainly because it has one of my favorite actors playing what seems like an irredeemable soul, Peter...
(complete Garden State review by Zara)
| Garden State Movie Review by Jeff (6/19/2008) |
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Sometimes you just have to be in the right mood to see a particular movie. When I first saw Garden State I found it and its creator Zach Braff to be long, drawn out and pretentious. Then the right mood came along. All of a sudden I found myself enjoying it, really enjoying it. This actually was a great story. It obviously...
(complete Garden State review by Jeff)
| Garden State Movie Review by Seth C (10/21/2006) |
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With it's comic quirkiness, huge heart, beautiful soundtrack and an undeniably loveable performance from Natalie Portman, it's hard to deny the greatness of Zach Braff's debut film Garden State. Reminiscent of Mike Nichols's The Graduate and Ted Demme's Beautiful Girls - two other perfect films - Garden State doesn't...
(complete Garden State review by Seth C)
| Garden State Movie Review by Seth (12/5/2004) |
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So close.
This movie was so close.
But let's start from the beginning. This film is great. It is full of those little scenes, those little bits, that make someone who loves films like Amelie, Rushmore, and The Big Lebowski fall in love with it. In fact, the first half hour or so is nothing more than one random scene...
(complete Garden State review by Seth)
| Garden State Movie Review by Corey (11/12/2004) |
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Braff-fest of Champions
I love "Scrubs," the NBC dram-com about residents in a hospital. You should love it too. Therefore, I like Zach Braff, that shows star and the writer/director/star of "Garden State", his first feature film. His character in "Scrubs" has a self-deprecating style that a self-deprecating jack-ass...
(complete Garden State review by Corey)
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