| Garden State Review |
| by Steve Kong |
| I have watched a lot of 2004 movies as rentals. There are only a few
that I have been disappointed in missing seeing in the theatres. Garden
State is one of those films. I usually don't write reviews about films
now unless they fall in one of two...more |
| Garden State Review |
| by Jerry Saravia (Rating: 3/4) |
| "Garden State" is the offbeat charmer that is only seen by a handful of people
(though it may be gain some box-office status), and its charm and gradual shift
in tone can only be appreciated by those with patience to spare. I admire the
film and I think...more |
| Garden State Review |
| by Andy Keast (Rating: 3/4) |
| Watching "Garden State" is like playing with a pet dog. Amusing, but the
experience is fleeting and slight. It's the first film written and directed
by
Zach Braff, the young doctor on the NBC sitcom "Scrubs." He plays (surprise)
a
television actor who...more |
| Garden State Review |
| by Bob Bloom (Rating: 4/4) |
| GARDEN STATE (2004) 4 stars out of 4. Starring Zach Braff, Natalie Portman,
Peter
Sarsgaard, Ian Holm, Ron Leibman, Method Man, Jean Smart, Ann Dowd and Denis
O'Hare. Written and directed by Zach Braff. Rated R. Running time: 109 mins. more |
| Garden State Review |
| by Steve Rhodes (Rating: 3.5/4) |
| GARDEN STATE is a warm, good-spirited and captivating original. It's hard to
describe it exactly. I guess it's a romantic comedy between Andrew Largeman
(Zach Braff, who is also the film's talented writer and director), a
twentysomething guy who has...more |
| Garden State Review |
| by Jon Popick (Rating: 8/10) |
| I'm starting to get sick of the "coming home" motif in both film and
television, but Scrubs' Zach Braff does it up right in Garden State, his
surprisingly assured debut as a writer and director. In State, Braff plays
26-year-old Andrew Largeman, a...more |
| Garden State Review |
| by David N. Butterworth (Rating: 3.5/4) |
| They're out there, these self-proclaimed "Garden State" "trailaholics,"
a bunch of high res IMDb message board junkies who've downloaded the "Garden
State" QuickTime teaser trailer to their desktops and launch the thing over
five hundred times...more |
| Garden State Review |
| by JoBlo (Rating: 8/10) |
| PLOT:
A struggling actor returns to his childhood home in New Jersey after his mother
passes away accidentally. While in the garden state, he runs into his old
friends, some of whom have made it stinkin' rich and others who are now digging
people's...more |
| Garden State Review |
| by Robin Clifford (Rating: B) |
| Andrew Largeman (Zach Braff) is a moderately
successful celebrity, known for his portrayal as a
retarded football quarterback on a weekly television
series, gets the bad news that his paraplegic mother
has died. He hasn't been home for nearly a decade...more |
| Garden State Review |
| by Laura Clifford (Rating: B) |
| Andrew Largeman lives a medicated lifestyle as an LA actor/waiter, but he's
about to be shaken out of his drug-induced torpor. A phone call from his
physician dad (Ian Holm, "The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King")
informs him that his invalid...more |
| Garden State Review |
| by Susan Granger (Rating: 7/10) |
| Susan Granger's review of "Garden State" (Fox Searchlight)
Every generation, it seems, has its alienated youth-coming-of-age
picture. Think "The Graduate." Think "Reality Bites." Now, 28 year-old
actor/writer/director Zach Braff of NBC's sitcom...more |
| Garden State Review |
| by Harvey S. Karten (Rating: B+) |
| Reviewed by Harvey S. Karten
Fox Searchlight Pictures/ Miramax
Grade: B+
Directed by: Zach Braff
Written by: Zach Braff
Cast: Azach Braff, Ian Holm, Natalie Portman, Peter Sarsgaard,
Jean Smart, Jim Parsons, Ron Liebman
Screened at: Fox, NYC, 7/21/04 more |
| Garden State Review |
| by Jon Ridge |
| Having watched the teaser trailer for Zach Braff's GARDEN STATE an
embarassing number of times, I expected the worse. A good or even decent
coming attractions preview (and, this one is stellar) usually precedes
disaster. What a relief, then, to find such...more |
