When it came out I had little interest. Now it’s on video and I still have little interest. Someone convince me to see this movie. I dare you.
Natalie Portman is in it. What more could you want?
Well, what movies do you like?
Nah, just buy the soundtrack and a Natalie Portman poster. One of my worst blind buys, and I’m a huge fan of the two leads.
It’s a good movie. Not a waste of your 1.5 hours. Go watch the fucking thing.
Did it work?
I loved it, but I’m in the target demographic (i.e. the same gender and roughly the same age as the protagonist).
I join the others in saying … it’s an hour and a half and, what, $3 to rent? Unless you’re monumentally busy, might as well.
Yes, yes, yes. God, fucking, yes.
Yeah, I know it’s just a movie. Honest.
I enjoyed it quite a bit, for what it’s worth.
Zach Braff is in it. Zach Braff is very yummy.
Thus ends my reccomendation.
It’s a good movie, although it gets weird in a “what the fuck?” kind of way and the end is cliches-ville.
Cliched, badly acted, badly scripted bullshit. Stay away.
I thought Natalie Portman’s laughably horrible performance in the first two Star Wars movies was the fault of Lucas’s directing, but after seeing Garden State I realized that she just isn’t a good actor at all.
I really dug it. Quirky, touching, and heartwarming. I could see how it’s cliched, but there were a lot of “real” moments (like the hardware scene).
Stay away. If you have an aversion to it from the commercials, it’s not going to redeem itself.
If you want to stay on Aesiron’s good side, see it, though. Rumor has it, after seeing it once, he went back to the theater with a change of clothes and a bed pan. He stayed in the theater for a month living off what was dropped on the floor by the other patrons.
The smell got pretty bad but he now makes a great pop-corn and sno-cap salad.
I dunno, if I have little interest in a movie I tend to just leave it at that, but FWIW, I agree with stpauler.
I am nowhere near the supposed target demographic. (Am a 50 year old woman–but I did once live back East.)
For me the ending is flawed, but I liked the movie quite a bit, especially Peter Sarsgaard.
I adore the soundtrack.
I mostly agree. It wasn’t horrible, but it wasn’t good. It was an ambitious attempt by Zach Braff, but it fell short. It took itself way too seriously and nowI realize Natalie Portman peaked with The Professional.
+1 - heavy handed and obvious, but if you like the advertisements, Braff, Portman, Sarsgaard and/or the music you’ve heard, you will probably give it the benefit of the doubt - which is of course fine, since you’ll enjoy the time…
Ditto what many others have said here.
If you only see a handful of movies each year you may like it.
If you are an avid film watcher and have seen many movies through the years including older stuff like Harold & Maude or The Graduate it will feel like
“been there, done that”.
Put me in the “yes definitely” category. But it is one of those movies that some people lurve, and some people hate…so really the only way to figure out if you like it is to watch it. If you have no desire to watch it, then don’t.
I’d say no. It may not be a waste of time, but it doesn’t really do much for me. I gave it a B when I saw it, but the further I get away from it, the lower the score gets. It’s sitting at a borderline B- right now.
I think where your at in life plays a part in how you will receive the film.
I’m looking forward to seeing it myself, because I like the bands on the soundtrack and I enjoy Zach Braff on Scrubs. As a 20-something male in a constant transitional state, I’m already guessing I’ll like it.
It’s a good 2/3 of a movie until it sails off into cliche’s-ville at the end. And I disagree about the Portman comment earlier–she does a really good job. Most of the acting is good.