Theme in Garden State

Rating: 9/10 (31 January 2005)

Is it just me or did anyone else notice the apparent "water" theme throughout the movie? At first when Andrew is in the bathroom at the airport, he walks by all the sinks and they each go off. His mother died by drowning. Andrew can't swim and jumps in the poll anyways. He also hadn't cried in years and Sam tries to save the tear, when they were in the bathtub. Also the rainstorm they get caught in. I've only seen it once but I thought there was a deeper meaning behind it. I believe that all this stuff having to do with water is very symbolic. The name of the movie is GARDEN state and gardens need water to grow. I believe that all the water in this movie was used as a metaphor. Andrew needed to change his life and grow, and going back to jersey and meeting Sam was the water that helped him grow.