Garden State
starring: Zach Braff, Natalie Portman, Amy Ferguson, Jill Flint, Gary Gilbert
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Andrew is a struggling 20-something actor who floats through life in a lithium-induced haze. When he returns to new jersey for his mothers funeral without his lithium & the drugs begin to leave his system andrew begins to feel things for the 1st time in years. Its a scary prospect for the young man.Studio: TcfheRelease Date: 04/15/2008Starring: Zach Braff Natalie PortmanRun time: 103 minutesRating: R
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Zach Braff (from the TV show Scrubs) stars in his writing/directing debut, Garden State--normally a doomed act of hubris, but Braff pulls it off with unassuming charm. An emotionally numb actor in L.A., Andrew (Braff) comes back to New Jersey after nine years away for his mother's funeral. Andrew avoids his bitter father (Ian Holm, The Sweet Hereafter) and joins old friends (including the superb Peter Sarsgaard, Boys Don't Cry) in a round of parties. Along the way he meets a girl (Natalie Portman, Beautiful Girls) with demons of her own; bit by bit the two offer each other a little healing. Plotwise, Garden State is familiar stuff, a cross between The Graduate and a Meg Ryan movie, but Braff has an eye for goofy but resonant visual images, an ear for lively dialogue, and a great cast. The result is surprisingly fresh and funny. --Bret Fetzer
Andrew is a struggling 20-something actor who floats through life in a lithium-induced haze. When he returns to new jersey for his mothers funeral without his lithium & the drugs begin to leave his system andrew begins to feel things for the 1st time in years. Its a scary prospect for the young man.Studio: TcfheRelease Date: 04/15/2008Starring: Zach Braff Natalie PortmanRun time: 103 minutesRating: R
Amazon.com:
Zach Braff (from the TV show Scrubs) stars in his writing/directing debut, Garden State--normally a doomed act of hubris, but Braff pulls it off with unassuming charm. An emotionally numb actor in L.A., Andrew (Braff) comes back to New Jersey after nine years away for his mother's funeral. Andrew avoids his bitter father (Ian Holm, The Sweet Hereafter) and joins old friends (including the superb Peter Sarsgaard, Boys Don't Cry) in a round of parties. Along the way he meets a girl (Natalie Portman, Beautiful Girls) with demons of her own; bit by bit the two offer each other a little healing. Plotwise, Garden State is familiar stuff, a cross between The Graduate and a Meg Ryan movie, but Braff has an eye for goofy but resonant visual images, an ear for lively dialogue, and a great cast. The result is surprisingly fresh and funny. --Bret Fetzer
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Rating: - Garden State DVD
Quirky, teenage angst/self-actualization in progress, neo-modern classic with an intriguing "below-the-radar" approach to touching your brain that has become the calling card of Zach Braff. It's a good movie...almost like a slightly deeper/darker "Juno" but from a male central character point of view.
Rating: 
- More than the Sum of its Parts
Garden State is certainly more than the sum of its parts.What I love so much about this movie is that it doesn't condescend, by explaining to us every little detail but letting us feel this eerily real couple of days experienced by Zach Braff and Natalie Portman.The beautiful backdrops and cinematography would initially make you feel distant and disconnected from the characters or the places you are watching, but the feeling is intentional in replicating the psychological displacement the characters ... Read More
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- Why actors shouldn't direct
The Garden State is one of the most pretentious movies of all time.From first hand knowledge of living in LA, Zach got the entire soundtrack from KCRW, the local "hip" music station in the area.It's like a bad playlist for the show "morning becomes eclectic."
Did you know that the movie was "sold" to movie producers when Mr. Braff sent them mix cds of the soundtrack?That spells disaster to me, when a movie is green lit without more than just a "I know how this is going to make me feel" ... Read More
Rating: - Fascinating character based comedy
When we first see, Andrew Largemen (Zack Braff), he's a burnt out LA actor with what looks like a serious drug program. A call from his father (Ian Holm) and Andrew is on a plane headed back to New Jersey for his Mom's funeral.
Turns out, his wheelchair-bound Mom drowned in a newly remodeled bathroom. His Dad wants to talk, but Andrew's clearly avoiding the family scene--and has been for the past nine years.
While exploring his old home, Andrew gets caught back up in the party scene ... Read More
Rating: - My favorite movie of 2004!
Zach Braff plays an over medicated waiter who goes home to Newark for his mother's funeral. He later meets up with Natalie Portman and falls in love. Although the movie is hilarous, it made me think as Braff comes out of his medicated state and learns to live his own life on his own tearms.This is Natalie Portman's best performance yet.
- Garden State DVDQuirky, teenage angst/self-actualization in progress, neo-modern classic with an intriguing "below-the-radar" approach to touching your brain that has become the calling card of Zach Braff. It's a good movie...almost like a slightly deeper/darker "Juno" but from a male central character point of view.
- More than the Sum of its PartsGarden State is certainly more than the sum of its parts.What I love so much about this movie is that it doesn't condescend, by explaining to us every little detail but letting us feel this eerily real couple of days experienced by Zach Braff and Natalie Portman.The beautiful backdrops and cinematography would initially make you feel distant and disconnected from the characters or the places you are watching, but the feeling is intentional in replicating the psychological displacement the characters ... Read More
- Why actors shouldn't directThe Garden State is one of the most pretentious movies of all time.From first hand knowledge of living in LA, Zach got the entire soundtrack from KCRW, the local "hip" music station in the area.It's like a bad playlist for the show "morning becomes eclectic."
Did you know that the movie was "sold" to movie producers when Mr. Braff sent them mix cds of the soundtrack?That spells disaster to me, when a movie is green lit without more than just a "I know how this is going to make me feel" ... Read More
- Fascinating character based comedyWhen we first see, Andrew Largemen (Zack Braff), he's a burnt out LA actor with what looks like a serious drug program. A call from his father (Ian Holm) and Andrew is on a plane headed back to New Jersey for his Mom's funeral.
Turns out, his wheelchair-bound Mom drowned in a newly remodeled bathroom. His Dad wants to talk, but Andrew's clearly avoiding the family scene--and has been for the past nine years.
While exploring his old home, Andrew gets caught back up in the party scene ... Read More
- My favorite movie of 2004!Zach Braff plays an over medicated waiter who goes home to Newark for his mother's funeral. He later meets up with Natalie Portman and falls in love. Although the movie is hilarous, it made me think as Braff comes out of his medicated state and learns to live his own life on his own tearms.This is Natalie Portman's best performance yet.
