I don't want to say too much about Garden State. It's the kind of movie you should just walk into and experience on your own terms. If you want plot points - it deals with meeting up again with old friends, making new friends, dealing with your family, basically choosing to confront life. The supporting cast is superb, and if it occassional veers into being painfully expected and obvious ... well, thankfully that only happens a few times. Plus it's got a great soundtrack (the script explicitly praises The Shins, and among the other highlights are a pretty cover of The Postal Service's "Such Great Heights, and Frou Frou's "Let Go"). Don't walk into it with unrealistic expectations. It's not the greatest thing ever. But all in all, it's a very good little movie that a lot of people can probably relate to.
Posted by armand at September 7, 2004 10:08 AM | TrackBack | Posted to Movies