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	Garden State movie review, In Film Australia
		The film as a whole enjoys a similar stance and from this viewpoint it takes great pleasure orchestrating its jokes, which are flexible and funny – encompassing sight and dialog gags, situation comedy and even a touch or two of slapstick.
		The film's sorrow is lined with a gentle border of optimism, and its humour concurrently suggests something profound softly simmering beneath the surface.
		Garden State is Zach Braff's cinema christening, although he already shows a sound understanding of the principles associated with cinema conventions, and the all-important ability to twist and contort them into an experience that feels genuine, original and sentimental without being overpowering or obvious.
	www.infilm.com.au /reviews/gardenstate.htm (1022 words)

	Garden State (film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Garden State is a 2004 film written and directed by and starring Zach Braff.
		The film was first screened on January 16, 2004, at the Sundance Film Festival, upon release at Sundance, the film was purchased in a joint venture by Fox Searchlight Pictures and Miramax for US$5 million, double the budget of $2.5 million which had been financed by Gary Gilbert.
		Garden State was released onto DVD in the United States on December 28, 2004.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Garden_State_(film) (2277 words)

	Garden State review, Garden State DVD review
		Zach Braff’s Sundance surprise, “Garden State,” may not be that significant for Generation Y, but it comes pretty damn close with director/writer/actor Braff’s keen eye for filmmaking and a simple, truth-be-told story that’s more realistic than any other Hollywood joint.
		The story surrounding “Garden State” isn’t one all twenty-somethings have experienced, but it’s certainly one they can all relate to with rich images of life, death and love planted throughout the film.
		“Garden State” could easily be called the best film of 2004, offering audiences a realistic coming-of-age tale that isn’t bogged down by Hollywood clichés, but rather lifted higher by an incredible cast and an even more remarkable directorial debut by from Zach Braff.
	www.bullz-eye.com /mguide/reviews_2004/garden_state.htm (550 words)

	Candleblog - Garden State (film review)
		The characters that populated indy films in the 90s were sarcastic smart-asses who saw everything in their worlds through a "been there, done that" filter.
		Zack Braff's directorial debut, Garden State, continues the trend toward this New Sincerity in indy filmmaking, and in fact the film is in some ways about this very transformation.
		The comedy in the film is dry and occasionally very funny, but a few scenes seem tacked on--as if Braff had been compiling a lot of little funny moments in his notebook and wanted to include as many of them as he could.
	candleboy.com /candleblog/staticpages/index.php?page=20040912201832905 (706 words)

	FilmJerk.com - Film Review: "Garden State"
		“Garden State” marks the debut of writer/director Braff, better known as the lead character J.D. on the hit NBC show, “Scrubs.” A film school graduate, and now an actor with serious Hollywood connections, Braff unleashes his first film on the world.
		Because the film is such a hodgepodge of rhythms and aesthetics, “State” isn’t the searing portrait of dreary New Jersey rebirth quite as Braff imagines it.
		The film is entertaining, occasionally roaringly funny, and often poignant with Largeman’s arc of trying to come to terms with his mother’s death.
	www.filmjerk.com /new/article982.html (746 words)

	Garden State (2004) (Site not responding. Last check: )
		It is a film that speaks to an entire generation.
		But it is with the arrival of "Garden State" that our generation is spoken to, those of us born in the early-mid 80's who are in our late teens and early twenties trying to make it by in a environment that seems all at once to strange and yet so familiar.
		Another scene occurs late in the film when the three principals stand at the edge of a seemingly endless abyss and scream at the tops of their lungs into the gorge.
	www.imdb.com /title/tt0333766 (767 words)

	Garden State film review
		Garden State has its quota of tender moments, but it's its offbeat, darker elements that make it fresh and endearing.
		The film is the first-born baby of the 29-year-old Zach Braff who makes his writing and directing debut and also takes the central role.
		Garden State is inhabited almost entirely by eccentrics and nutters, with nary a normal person in sight.
	www.tiscali.co.uk /entertainment/film/reviews/garden_state.html (499 words)

	Garden State
		There isn't much of a plot in Garden State, just Large passing the time away with Sam and Mark, sometimes in a very odd manner, but this just allows the viewer to really take notice of how Sam is slowly changing.
		There is a constant barrage of weirdness in the film, from extra-friendly dogs, Sam's fl brother, and Mark's friend who invented silent velcro, but it never feels like Garden State is being quirky just to be quirky.
		There is a constant reminder that Large is in town because of a funeral, and the long-awaited talk with his father (Ian Holm, The Return of the King, The Fellowship of the Ring).
	www.haro-online.com /movies/garden_state.html (713 words)

	Garden State (2004): Reviews (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Garden State is filled with characters you long to know more about, in situations to which almost anyone can relate.
		Certainly Garden State is a very American specimen of debut indie form, its loose, goof-about scenes of comic melancholy reinforced with the glue of quirkiness over cracks in the narrative development.
		Garden State coasts on this considerable charm until it hits a brick wall in its final segments.
	www.metacritic.com /film/titles/gardenstate (1310 words)

	OFFOFFOFF film review GARDEN STATE movie by Zach Braff with Zach Braff, Ian Holm, Peter Sarsgaard, Alex Burns, Jackie ...
		"Garden State" is the story of one twenty-something young man coming home after nine years away, coming down off the antidepressants he's taken since childhood, and coming to grips with the world outside the fog that is his life.
		Just looking at the movie trailer (which can be seen at gardenstatemovie.com) gives you a sense of the film's spectacular sense of visual drama and even irony, without including a single word of dialogue to suggest what it's about or whether it's any good.
		It's not the first film to dramatize or satirize the moment in life when twenty-somethings, approaching the end of their freshness date, discover that after plodding through college and faithfully following all the rules, their reward is a lifeless, dead-end existence at the bottom of the ladder.
	www.offoffoff.com /film/2004/gardenstate.php (746 words)

	Mixed Reviews - Garden State - reviewed by Jeff Huston (Site not responding. Last check: )
		GARDEN STATE is, subsequently, very character-dependent; fortunately, it delivers some of the most fascinating ones of the year.
		His friends—most who suffer from a drug-induced state of a more illicit nature—offer their own metaphors for different life paths chosen, or settled for (Shattered Glass’s Peter Sarsgaard is a hilariously jaded highlight).
		GARDEN STATE is a film of striking artistry and, for a first-time director, Braff’s accomplishment warrants our attention.
	www.mixedreviews.net /maindishes/2004/gardenstate/gardenstate.shtml (832 words)

	London Film Festival - Films - Garden State (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Garden State has abundant charm, but this comes mixed with wit and wry humour, and the quirkier elements are kept skilfully in check.
		Above all this is an actors' film, and whilst Braff and his supporting cast including Ian Holm and Peter Sarsgaard acquit themselves well, it's Natalie Portman as the appealing but compulsively mendacious Sam who brings the film - and its protagonist - to life.
		The familiar story of a man from the city returning to his childhood hometown is not an excuse to allow stereotypes to carry the film with easy laughs.
	www.lff.org.uk /films_details.php?FilmID=454 (621 words)

	The Spin Sheet - Bill's DVD Reviews
		Film Rating: B+ Disc Ratings (Video/Audio/Extras): B/B/C+ Andrew Largeman (Braff) is your typical struggling actor in L.A..
		The film is presented in both anamorphic widescreen (on one side of the disc) and full frame (on the other side, for those odd souls who prefer it).
		The kingdoms are separated by a violent and dangerous weather phenomenon called the Grand Stream (it's a river-like hurricane in the sky), and the world is overseen by the mysterious Guild, which dwells in the air and controls all high technology.
	www.thedigitalbits.com /reviews3/spinsheet122004.html (1597 words)

	Guardian Unlimited Film \| Interviews \| 'I've won the indie film lottery'
		Now, he is the writer, director and star of a film that has seen him hailed as spokesman for a generation.
		Garden State is released in Britain next month after its surprise success in the US.
		With one of his two brothers, Adam, Braff is also working on another children's film based on their adaptation of Andrew Henry's Meadow, a story about a child inventor who creates a utopia in the trees behind his house.
	film.guardian.co.uk /interview/interviewpages/0,6737,1348924,00.html (1568 words)

	Garden State (Site not responding. Last check: )
		You can see that Braff envisioned her in the role (he was in the uniquely enviable position of being able to write his own romance with her!) and the two have considerable on-screen chemistry, rumoured to be spilling over into real life.
		It is easy to find points of identification in the film and thus it is personal and warm, and the conclusion is touching while limiting the sappiness given the plot-line.
		There is no trace of the contrived, set-up jokes that mar these kind of films all to frequently: indeed, 'Garden State', though funny, isn't produced like a comedy at all.
	www.geocities.com /godisinthetv2003/garden_state.htm (314 words)

	Ottawa XPress - Film - Garden State
		As a title, Garden State strikes one as irrelevant to the premise, that's for sure, but this is a love story that goes beyond affections and a comedy that stretches past the laughs.
		I saw this film the same day I saw 'We Don't Live Here Anymore', which is good, because it redeemed filmmaking for me. Despite the generic ending and the ridiculous over-acting of Natalie Portman, this is one of the best movies I have seen in ages.
		The film was full of images that resonated long after the end credits, and not once did I wonder about the time or question why anyone felt the need to put me through such an ordeal.
	www.ottawaxpress.ca /film/film.aspx?iIDArticle=3878 (1719 words)

	Garden State, Film DVD vidéo Garden State
		Garden state oscille constamment entre le drame et la comédie tout en dégageant une mélancolie drôle particulièrement attachante.
		Film trés touchant, Garden State est le reflet d'une génération à la dérive, en quête de repères.
		Garden State, c'est un film introspectif qui nous parles un peu à...
	www.dvd-prix-discount.com /comedie/divers/film/garden-state,B000AO7RV6.htm (693 words)

	TheMovieBoy Review - Garden State (2004)
		Braff astonishingly juggles many different tones and genres—the film is, among other things, an intuitive character study, a zany comedy, a drama of deep-seated wounds and past regrets, a rumination on finding oneself after years of aimless confusion, and one of the most heartbreakingly believable romances of the year.
		For those audience members going through this period in their life, "Garden State" will undoubtedly seem to be speaking to them directly, and even for those who have already struggled through the experience and remember its emotional difficulty, they will return the film a knowing nod and, hopefully, a great deal of understanding.
		"Garden State" is a beaming, unforgettable little masterpiece, creatively alive and emotionally intimate at the same time.
	www.themovieboy.com /reviews/g/04_gardenstate.htm (1095 words)

	:: rogerebert.com :: Reviews :: Garden State (xhtml)
		Andrew Largeman, the hero of "Garden State," is almost catatonic when first we see him.
		"Garden State" was written and directed by Zach Braff, who stars as Andrew.
		"Garden State" inspires obvious comparisons with "The Graduate," not least in the similarity of the two heroes; both Benjamin and Andrew are passive, puzzled and quizzical in the face of incoming exhortations.
	rogerebert.suntimes.com /apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20040806/REVIEWS/408060303/1023 (703 words)

	FILM REVIEW: Garden State
		Garden State is very much the type of cinematic vehicle that John Cusack excels in.
		Fans of Scrubs will also find Garden State to be a big-screen extension of many of the themes explored on that show.
		While Portman and Sarsgaard provide strong support in their roles, this film's is Braff's baby and he impresses on all fronts.
	www.chartattack.com /damn/PrintThis.cfm?ID=2004072816 (314 words)

	IGN: Garden State: Music From The Motion Picture Review
		For the most part, the inclusion of popular music in modern films has been relegated to the realm of brazen marketing: soak the soundtrack with the "hits" of the moment and hope that the key 13-35 demographic not only sees your film, but feels compelled to purchase the hastily concocted accompanying soundtrack.
		For the most part the Garden State: Music From The Motion Picture soundtrack is a brilliant example of music carefully selected to fit together as a cohesive whole, a compilation with a common thread of emotional fortitude and romantic effervescence.
		As a compliment to the film it is an amazing accomplishment and the fact that it resonates as strongly as it does separated from the film is further testament to Braff's keen aural sensibilities.
	music.ign.com /articles/540/540466p1.html (908 words)

	Garden State (Site not responding. Last check: )
		PARK CITY -- "Garden State's" lead character has been in a vegetative state since he was 9, but he finally comes out of it, more than oddly enough, after returning for his mother's funeral.
		Most amazing, "Garden State" is an intelligent and wrenching story of great debilitation, namely the lead character's emotional numbness.
		While there are a few stray strummy moments of pat quirkiness, "Garden State" is a remarkably consistent comedy, hard-edged and big-hearted all at once.
	www.hollywoodreporter.com /thr/awards/sundance/reviews_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=2064190 (427 words)

	Zach Braff's Garden State Blog: Dove Latte
		I guess one of the cool things about the success of Garden State is that those of you out there who are "in it" and feeling all these things, can take comfort in the fact that there are so many people commenting on this blog (including me) that can relate.
		for with this film you have proved, at least to one idealistic college student, that your powers of intuition, your profound human understanding and seamless and beautiful ability to communicate through fiilm are nothing short of extraordinary.
		The thing that made me connect to Garden State was that I could imagine feeling all those feelings; the characters had real, human feelings and behaved like humans, not robots from the Hollywood script machine.
	gardenstate.typepad.com /zach_braffs_garden_state_/2004/08/dove_latte_1.html (14864 words)

	Review: Garden State (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Garden State is one of those movies that fails to stay with the viewer for an extended period of time.
		Garden State contains some excellent character-driven moments, but their effectiveness is counterbalanced by scenes in which the protagonists do things that only a writer's construct would attempt.
		The film is pleasant, but its success at Sundance probably says more about the festival and its attendees than it does about the actual production.
	movie-reviews.colossus.net /movies/g/garden_state.html (771 words)

	Amazon.com: Garden State: DVD: Alex Burns,Christopher Carley,Amy Ferguson,Jill Flint,Gary Gilbert,Kenneth ... (Site not responding. Last check: )
		In fact the general tempo of Garden State is reminiscent of a recent film with similar idiosynchratic tones, The Station Agent.
		His sublime sensibility permeates the entire film as our protagonist visits his mother's house after a patch of nine years to attend her funeral, in the process reuniting with his old high school buddies as well as his family.
		Even so "Garden State" is well worth watching, if only to remind us that the comatose state most of us live in is only temporary, and the joy of a life well lived is forever.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00005JNC2?v=glance (2483 words)

	Garden State Film Festival (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Garden State Film Festival March 25 - 28, 2004 The Paramount Theater on the boardwalk Asbury Park, New Jersey
		All film entrants must be in English, sub-titled English or dubbed English.
		All film entrants grant GSFF the right to copy part of their production for judging and promotional exhibition, national broadcast, website and other promotional purposes.
	www.filmfestivalspro.com /bulletin/03/october/garden_state.shtml (141 words)

	Movies - Garden State (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Not only do emo films affect the viewer emotionally, but forces them to question how they see their own life and their values.
		Usually, these types of films are geared towards a middle-aged audience, and most of the twenty-somethings in the audience are left by the wayside.
		Sure, Andrew is the main character of the film and he is in every scene, but even then he shares the screen with his supporting cast rather than dominating it.
	www.weirdnessandstrife.com /reviews/movie/gardenstate.html (1252 words)

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