this movie speaks to a generation--for me to POOP on

Rating: 2/10 (25 March 2005)

I was really interested in Garden State after hearing many positive things about it. Having viewed it, I know that I should have heeded my wife's movie-snob opinion and avoided it. Disappointments galore. Incredibly twee from start to finish, leaving me with very little to remember.
It's difficult to imagine a more self-conscious indie-for-the-sake-of itself. While it serves as an outlet for Braff's musical taste, it fails to be an outlet for creative thought. Its emphasis on -unoriginal- style over substance left me cold.
As far as this movie defining a generation--my generation--well, I don't identify with the main character at all. I don't know anyone like the main character, either. Emotionally numb, attracted to pathological liars, and buddies with grave-robbers. Nope. That is definitely not me.