This is a movie where ‘sensitivity’ and ‘sincerity’ are signposted by songs by Paul Simon and Nick Drake, which I guess says it all.
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02/09/06
Garden State (2004)
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Reviews Counted:181
Fresh:155
Rotten:26
Average Rating:7.4/10
Consensus: Charmingly warm-hearted and quirky.
Runtime: 1 hr 49 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: Andrew Largeman (Zach Braff) shuffled through life in a lithium-induced coma until his mother's death inspired a vacation from the pills to see what might happen. A moderately successful TV actor... [More]
Starring: Zach Braff, Natalie Portman, Ian Holm, Peter Sarsgaard
Director: Zach Braff
Reviews for Garden State
Top CriticNo review available.
06/25/05
Top CriticNo review available.
03/07/05
Top CriticA witty, wacky, and wonderful trip through the minefield of being twenty-something.
12/07/04
Top CriticGarden State is nothing short of genius, as moving as it is hilarious.
12/05/04
The stand-out performance belongs to Natalie Portman -- the screen literally lights up whenever she’s around.
10/23/04
It's heart is beautifully expressed through humour, dry wit and honest emotion that never gets sappy at all.
09/09/04
There is not a shot in this movie that doesn’t shine. If you like the well taken picture, this is a great movie for you.
04/29/09
Actor Zach Braff (NBC's "Scrubs") makes an impressive if unsatisfying writing and directing debut with a plaintive post-modern drama that relies on unspoken dry wit to entertain its audience (think a cross between "Harold and Maude" and "The Graduate").
04/18/09
Feels too piecemeal and ultimately inconsequential to grab the public where it counts.
03/26/09
Top CriticBraff, who also wrote and directs, tells this story with great flair, lots of subtlety and a wonderfully paced set of revelations that come to us just as they might in real life.
10/18/08
[A] goofy, melancholy, seriocomic slice of life...
08/07/08
It's good to see Natalie Portman acting again.
12/27/07
full review in Greek
10/03/06
the quintessential product by and for uninspired times
08/24/06
While Braff's script may suffer from long-windedness, his direction -- of both cast and camera -- is so confident that this debut could well mark the start of a major career.
12/06/05
Both funny and touching, this is a small film that deserves to be seen by a wider audience.
09/30/05
Es una buena primera película (...) El problema tal vez sea su incontrolable acumulación de situaciones...
09/17/05
The film manages to be delightfully offbeat while simultaneously providing weight and depth.
07/25/05
It's the kind of small treasure that drops in theaters once or twice a year.
06/20/05
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