Garden State | 
| Actors: Zach Braff, Natalie Portman, Amy Ferguson, Jill Flint, Gary Gilbert
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Category: DVD
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Rating:  464 reviews
Sales Rank: 2729
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, Dvd, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Dubbed)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 102 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: FOXD2225589D
UPC: 024543155881
EAN: 0024543155881
ASIN: B00005JNC2
Theatrical Release Date: 2004
Release Date: December 28, 2004
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Zach Braff (from the TV show Scrubs) stars in his writing/directing debut, Garden State--normally a doomed act of hubris, but Braff pulls it off with unassuming charm. An emotionally numb actor in L.A., Andrew (Braff) comes back to New Jersey after nine years away for his mother's funeral. Andrew avoids his bitter father (Ian Holm, The Sweet Hereafter) and joins old friends (including the superb Peter Sarsgaard, Boys Don't Cry) in a round of parties. Along the way he meets a girl (Natalie Portman, Beautiful Girls) with demons of her own; bit by bit the two offer each other a little healing. Plotwise, Garden State is familiar stuff, a cross between The Graduate and a Meg Ryan movie, but Braff has an eye for goofy but resonant visual images, an ear for lively dialogue, and a great cast. The result is surprisingly fresh and funny. --Bret Fetzer
Product Description
Andrew is a struggling 20-something actor who floats through life in a lithium-induced haze. When he returns to new jersey for his mothers funeral without his lithium & the drugs begin to leave his system andrew begins to feel things for the 1st time in years. Its a scary prospect for the young man. Studio: Tcfhe Release Date: 04/15/2008 Starring: Zach Braff Natalie Portman Run time: 103 minutes Rating: R
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Garden State DVD April 12, 2009
Lyle M. Back
Quirky, teenage angst/self-actualization in progress, neo-modern classic with an intriguing "below-the-radar" approach to touching your brain that has become the calling card of Zach Braff. It's a good movie...almost like a slightly deeper/darker "Juno" but from a male central character point of view.
 More than the Sum of its Parts April 7, 2009
Lauren Patrizi (Chicago, IL)
Garden State is certainly more than the sum of its parts. What I love so much about this movie is that it doesn't condescend, by explaining to us every little detail but letting us feel this eerily real couple of days experienced by Zach Braff and Natalie Portman. The beautiful backdrops and cinematography would initially make you feel distant and disconnected from the characters or the places you are watching, but the feeling is intentional in replicating the psychological displacement the characters feel at home. You feel at ease again when the story beautifully undulates and cleanly unfolds, again treating you like an adult. The movie is like a great book to cozy up with and a coming-of-age story you will find comfort and commonality in.
Lauren Patrizi
 Why actors shouldn't direct April 5, 2009
Lord Walter the III (Oakland, CA)
2 out of 7 found this review helpful
The Garden State is one of the most pretentious movies of all time. From first hand knowledge of living in LA, Zach got the entire soundtrack from KCRW, the local "hip" music station in the area. It's like a bad playlist for the show "morning becomes eclectic."
Did you know that the movie was "sold" to movie producers when Mr. Braff sent them mix cds of the soundtrack? That spells disaster to me, when a movie is green lit without more than just a "I know how this is going to make me feel" outline of the movie. I think that is how Michael Bay movies are made.
I can't say anything that hasn't been said yet except this: If ever, in real life, a girl as pretty as Natalie Portman starts following you around like a lost puppy, you better watch your back son. A girl like her SHOULD have dozens, if not dozens upon dozens of suitors. The fact that there isn't one around AND that she prefers you, then it means shes absolutely, completely f*cking insane. She's already scared off/killed everyone if she's now chasing after the quirky depressed boy. Just remember, things that are too good to be true are either 1., not true or 2., in a cheesy-poorly-written-hack-of-a-director-cliched film that doen't deserve your patronage.
Fascinating character based comedy March 14, 2009
R. Kyle (USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
When we first see, Andrew Largemen (Zack Braff), he's a burnt out LA actor with what looks like a serious drug program. A call from his father (Ian Holm) and Andrew is on a plane headed back to New Jersey for his Mom's funeral.
Turns out, his wheelchair-bound Mom drowned in a newly remodeled bathroom. His Dad wants to talk, but Andrew's clearly avoiding the family scene--and has been for the past nine years.
While exploring his old home, Andrew gets caught back up in the party scene with his old friends. Some have succeeded. Some have grown up and moved on to other careers. Yet others are pretty much the same.
While seeing a neurologist on what at first appears to be a quest for more medication, Andrew meets Sam (Natalie Portman) a young girl who at first seems completely normal, but suffers from epilepsy and compulsive lying.
As the layers of character are peeled back, you start to see both Andrew and Sam as far deeper people than the initial partying slackers.
The star, Zack Braff of "Scrubs" also wrote and directed this film. It's a far deeper comedy than I would have expected and also has some excellent numbers for the soundtrack.
Don't forget to check the out-takes on DVD. They will have you laughing until you've got tears in your eyes.
Rebecca Kyle, March 2009
My favorite movie of 2004! February 26, 2009
Ronald Belton
Zach Braff plays an over medicated waiter who goes home to Newark for his mother's funeral. He later meets up with Natalie Portman and falls in love. Although the movie is hilarous, it made me think as Braff comes out of his medicated state and learns to live his own life on his own tearms.This is Natalie Portman's best performance yet.
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