One measly semi decent scene

Rating: 6/10 (15 June 2014)

....is painful and almost not worth the effort of sitting through approximately two hours worth of utter dribble to get to. It was when Andrew had that talk with Sam about not feeling like he belonged to the hometown anymore ever since he moved out.
If only the whole film worked on the tone of that lost-ness instead of focusing on how stoned out his childhood friends were. I understand the stoned out friends are there to establish how much Andrew has moved on from that place but it took up what felt like 2/3rd of the film which was precisely 2/3rd too much.
Braff tried too hard to be quirky and hip. This was evident in making one of the most likable actresses (in my book anyway) into such an insufferable character. Ooohey lookit she's in to see the shrink coz she's so darn quirky too (ok she has epilepsy or something of the sort. My apologies for not paying better attention. I was too distracted by how bad Saarsgard was at this point and I have liked everything else I've seen him in).
Ooohey lookit she's forcing Andrew to create such a different, special memory in her room. Oh wow she ice skates in an alligator costume. Tres original!! My apologies again for being such a positive polly. I suspect my expectations got the better of me (only because the three leads could have delivered so much more).
This film is best watched either right after high school or college graduation. That **cked up period in most of our lives where we felt so lost and un-belong. I'm 26 and yet to hold a steady job after my degree and this film annoyed the crap out of me.
I suggest The Graduate and Beautiful Girls or even Home For The Holidays if you're looking for similar films. Much more enjoyable and less forced than this one, cheers = )