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zingy
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 Garden State Garden State Quote: Garden State is a 2004 comedy-drama film written by, directed by, and starring Zach Braff, with Natalie Portman, Peter Sarsgaard, and Sir Ian Holm. The film centers on Andrew Largeman (Braff), a 26-year-old actor/waiter who returns to his hometown in New Jersey after his mother dies. The title alludes both to the nickname for New Jersey, and to lines from Andrew Marvell's poem "The Garden" ("Such was that happy garden-state,/ While man there walked without a mate").
It was filmed over 25 days in April and May 2003 and released on July 28, 2004. New Jersey was the main setting and primary shooting location. It was an official selection of the Sundance Film Festival. The film won Hollywood Breakthrough Director of the Year Award at the Hollywood Film Festival.
Garden State was well-received. The film also spawned a soundtrack for which Braff, who picked the music himself, won a Grammy award.
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xXVincentxX
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Garden State: A
It's really weird, but in a very enjoyable way. I didn't feel obligated to press the stop button on the remote control, and that's saying something. I thought it was well done. Lovely performances by Zach Braff, and Natalie Portman. It's very well developed, and the characters are developed amazingly. I really liked the ending too, and I just loved this movie. Portman shines throughout, and I'm really starting to love her as an actress. She blooms in this, and she's just so comfortable with the camera. I would strongly recommend this for anybody that likes indies, or a great love story
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publicenemy#1
Extraordinary
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This is an amazing movie. I don't really have much to say but it's one of my favorite films of 2004 and if you haven't seen it yet, check it out ASAP. :wink: - A
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zingy
College Boy Z
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With all the praise this movie got here, I just had to rent it. I'll watch it tonight.
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Eagle
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It tends to be a well recieved movie zing. Not many people come away saying I hated it or it was garbage.
However not everyone loves it as much as others.
It is my #1 of all time. I just loved every second of the movie, bought it the instant it hit the DVD shelves, saw it 4 times in theater, and blatently can't get enough of the movie.
A+
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Hope you like it.
KJ
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zingy
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Pretty good.
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insomniacdude
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It truly is an inspired a and beautiful movie. The best movie of 2004, and one of the ten best movies in the past five years. I wish I could say I love it as much as Eagle.
I highly recommend it to everyone who is over the age of 10. IT has something for everyone. If it's not the offbeat humor that gets you, it's the heartwarming messages the film sends out about love, life, death, and friendship.
A+ easy.
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Chippy
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I waited so long to see this movie, and it was all worth it.
Wonderful movie, my favorite of 2004
9.9/10
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Levy
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Seldom does a movie live up to its accolades, but Garden State does. BIG TIME. I can't understand how anyone can not like this smart movie, but to me it means even more. The difference between a good movie and a masterpiece is small and lies within the movie. If you can get emotionally connected to it, it is a masterpiece. And Garden State had me emotionally hooked from the get-go. I laughed, I cried, I cheered. It is not even the best movie of 2004 but one of the best I have ever seen. How a debut writer/director (and such a young one) can do something like this, is beyond me. He even escapes the obvious clichés, like when Portman is revealed to be epileptic you just fear the obvious scene when she has an attack, but it just doesn't happen. (A+++++++)
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Riggs
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Levy wrote: Seldom does a movie live up to its accolades, but Garden State does. BIG TIME. I can't understand how anyone can not like this smart movie, but to me it means even more. The difference between a good movie and a masterpiece is small and lies within the movie. If you can get emotionally connected to ot, it is a masterpiece. And Garden State had me emotionally hooked from the get-go. I laughed, I cried, I cheered. It is not even the best movie of 2004 but one of the best I have ever seen. How a debut writer/director (and such a young one) can do something like this, is beyond me. He even escapes the obvious clichés,like when Portman is revealed to be epileptic you just fear the obviousscene when she has an attack, but it just doesn't happen. (A+++++++) WOW! 
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Levy
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Eagle wrote: It is my #1 of all time. I just loved every second of the movie, bought it the instant it hit the DVD shelves, saw it 4 times in theater, and blatently can't get enough of the movie. I tend to agree with you. I just got the DVD and watched it for the second time in two weeks. Usually I never do that, but I had to know if it really was as good as I thought about it the first time. And it definitely is. I'm really in it right now! This little movie managed to slip in my all-time Top 10 now which is a really hard feat since there are not many movies from the last 10 years in it. This is the second-best directing debut I ever saw. What a masterpiece!! This will do a lot rounds in my DVD player in the years to come...
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Chris
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Really good movie. Natalie, Zach and Peter are great and Zach does a wonderful job directing also. It gets an A- from me.
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matatonio
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Great movie, very very enjoyable, beautifuly acted by Zach, Natalie and others!
amazing story, you get attached to the characters
I FREAKING LOVE IT! 
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movies35
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I was lucky enough to see this baby in theaters. It's an interesting and relatable film on so many levels. Braff and Portman were amazing, and the movie was hilarious in a way not many films are, the humor was so great, and a lot of it I didn't catch the first, and even the second time I watched it. This is definetely a movie I'm happy to say I own, and it's a film I will always remember.
9/10 (A-)
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tombraider17
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B-
I liked it OK, but I DID NOT love it like everyone else. I felt that something was definitely missing. But the performances are fantastic, and I did like the ending.
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Andrew
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I *adore* this film, my second favourite of 2004. I think the only word that describes it is REAL. Like others i can't explain why i like it so much, its just.... REAL. I gave it an A (but only because i have never given an A+). I can't wait for it to come out on DVD so i can watch it again.
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Libs
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Andrew wrote: I *adore* this film, my second favourite of 2004. I think the only word that describes it is REAL. Like others i can't explain why i like it so much, its just.... REAL. I gave it an A (but only because i have never given an A+). I can't wait for it to come out on DVD so i can watch it again. I think the following quote from Garden State highlights everything that's so great about it: "I know it hurts, but this is life, and it's real. And sometimes it fucking hurts, but it's life, and it's pretty much all we've got."
The beauty of that quote can't accurately be described by me.
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Andrew
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Libs wrote: Andrew wrote: I *adore* this film, my second favourite of 2004. I think the only word that describes it is REAL. Like others i can't explain why i like it so much, its just.... REAL. I gave it an A (but only because i have never given an A+). I can't wait for it to come out on DVD so i can watch it again. I think the following quote from Garden State highlights everything that's so great about it: "I know it hurts, but this is life, and it's real. And sometimes it fucking hurts, but it's life, and it's pretty much all we've got." The beauty of that quote can't accurately be described by me. I'm lost for words at that quote, and that's not usually a problem i have! I think once i have the DVD it will become one of the very few films i never tire of watching, like as good as it gets.
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thompsoncory
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Excellent. One of 2004's best films.
9/10 (A)
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Optimus_Prime
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A very unique movie that was very good. However, I felt that Zach did a better job on the romantic side of the story, then he did with the personal demon side, but still a great movie regardless.
I didn't see Closer, but I thought Portamn deserved an oscar nod for this movie.
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Maverikk
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Garden State was very charming, sometimes funny, sometimes touching, and very romantic. Great performances!
There was a line in this that was so inappropriate for me to laugh about, considering it was an emotional point when he was telling how his mom was paralyzed, and I can't even recall the exact wording, but it was something like "Who knew my life be so affected by a quarter inch piece of plastic."  I just found the delivery to be really funny. That dog humping his leg at the emergency waiting room was hilarious. VERY well made film. Once again, I'm forced to give a grade that I'm conscious about, but it's very deserving.
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movies35
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I think that line was supposed to be funny because I laughed too #-o
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insomniacdude
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My mom got the DVD over the weekend at my big heavy blatant recommendations over the past few months. I was worried that the movie would act like most other movies and drop in quality upon the second viewing, and I knew halfway through I was proven wrong. It's even better the second time through :Jump:
I think it even raised about three positions in my all time chart to around spot 20.
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kypade
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hm. l wonder why l never posted here.
l do honestly love this film. a lot. honestly, l watch this film more often than any other in my collection, probably, and it never gets old. it's so amazing. the characters make the film. and the acting. the three leads (or 2 leads and Sarsgaard) are all just great. love. not to mention, the music is...amazing. probably my favorite of last year, now, (in the purest sense of the word).
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Maximus
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Just rented it.
Great, great stuff. It has a place in my top 100.
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