Garden State

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You can stream Garden State on: The Criterion Channel, Apple TV, Amazon Store and Fandango at Home

2004, Movie, 1h 42min

Like THE GRADUATE for early-2000s indie kids, the breakout Sundance hit from writer-director-star Zach Braff captures twentysomething angst with a mix of charming comedy and touching sincerity—and made songs by bands like the Shins and the Postal Service mix-CD staples of the era. In the wake of his mother’s death, struggling LA actor Andrew Largeman (Braff) returns home to New Jersey, where he confronts the emotional baggage he’s long suppressed while forging a new connection with Sam (Natalie Portman), a fellow misfit working through some serious issues of her own.

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Critic Olly Richards

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One of the best directorial debuts in recent memory - it's surely only a matter of time until Braff makes the permanent move from small screen to silver.

Read full review at Empire

Critic Marc Savlov

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...a zealously dreamy tale of love, loss, and ecstasy among twentysomething misfits in the brackish wilds of modern New Jersey.

Read full review at The Austin Chronicle

Critic Roger Ebert

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...smart and unconventional, with a good eye for the perfect detail...

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Critic Frederik Asschenfeldt Vandrup

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Manuskriptet er jævnt, enkelte scener rummer storslåede øjeblikke, andre bliver en anelse for tydeligt skrevne og dermed mere kluntede end godt er...

Read full review at Cinemazone

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Garden State is a 2004 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Zach Braff. The film follows Andrew Largeman (played by Braff), a struggling young actor who returns to his hometown in New Jersey for his mother's funeral. Andrew, who has been heavily medicated for years, decides to stop taking his antidepressants and begins to reconnect with his past friends and himself. He also meets Sam (played by Natalie Portman), an eccentric epileptic with a penchant for compulsive lying, who opens up new possibilities for emotional attachment and confronting his psychologist father. The film explores themes of identity, family, friendship, love, and the search for meaning in life.

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You can stream Garden State on: The Criterion Channel Apple TV Amazon Store Fandango at Home