Very Good

Rating: Null/10 (10 March 2008)

Garden State (2004)
*** 1/2 (out of 4)
An actor (Zach Braff) returns home for his mother's funeral where he must also come to terms with his father and a new girl (Natalie Portman) he's met. I was really expecting to be let down due to all the positive reviews I've read but I was shocked to see how much I enjoyed this as well. The performances were right on the mark especially Portman who just has a natural joy to her, which comes across on the screen. The only problem I had with the film was that it came off as a depressed person's wetdream/fantasy.