Garden State
The film follows television bit part actor Andrew Largeman (Zach Braff) as he returns to his small home town in New Jersey to attend his mother's funeral after being estranged from his family for a decade.
5 October 1977, New York City, New York, USA
5 August 1979, New Jersey, USA
1 April 1971, Richmond [now Staten Island], New York City, New York, USA
30 January 1956, Holyoke, Massachusetts, USA
15 January 1980, Cedar Grove, New Jersey, USA
25 November 1977, Cherry Valley, New York, USA
24 March 1973, Houston, Texas, USA
29 November 1960
17 January 1962, Kansas City, Missouri, USA
13 September 1951, Seattle, Washington, USA
12 September 1931, Goodmayes, Essex, England, UK
28 February 1978, Manhattan, New York, USA
9 June 1981, Jerusalem, Israel
December 24, 2010
Smart drama for mature older teens and up.
February 09, 2006
This is a movie where 'sensitivity' and 'sincerity' are signposted by songs by Paul Simon and Nick Drake, which I guess says it all.
August 13, 2004
Garden State may not define an entire generation, but it has a sharp eye for the passive aimlessness that can take hold when young adults realize there's no handbook on how to find purpose and meaning in life.
September 24, 2010
It's no longer a generational alarm clock, but for those who've seen loved ones stumble through complacent fogs of Paxil, Zoloft and the like, "Garden State" still warns that "stability" doesn't mean a numbness to anything not emotionally even-keeled.
June 21, 2016
Braff captures the specific, self-involved ennui of the aimless 20-something, and he doesn't do it from a point of smug detachment.
March 26, 2009
Feels too piecemeal and ultimately inconsequential to grab the public where it counts.
September 10, 2004
Mr. Braff, Ms. Portman, Mr. Sarsgaard and Mr. Holm never strike a false note as a remarkably coherent acting ensemble, and it is good to see Ron Leibman again in the small role of Doctor Cohen.
November 07, 2011
Although flawed, Garden State is a good-natured film whose very likeability leaves you willing to overlook its shortcomings.
April 18, 2009
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").
August 13, 2004
His movie is sweet-natured and skillful, but its biggest problem is perhaps one Braff wasn't prepared to deal with: his own performance -- or, more accurately, the decision to place a deliberately flat performance at the film's heart.
April 29, 2009
There is not a shot in this movie that doesn't shine...
August 20, 2004
Cleverly written, sensitively directed and very well-acted.
