Garden State

Rating: 8/10 (5 September 2006)

Zach Braffs romantic drama is better than most films of this genre. I thought hte actor actually even surpassed Edward Norton's directorial achievement with the light film "keeping the faith". Zach braff's Garden State is a great film, its almost as good as Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind without the science fiction aspect and is definitely nothing short of critically acclaimed films such as Sofia Coppola's Lost in Translation. Here both Portman and braff are very good while Ian Holm and Peter Sarsgaard are good in supporting roles. The film is written well and has great cinematography from Lawrence Sher. I liked where Braff went with this one and am eager to see how his next project turns out. --- IMDb Rating: 8.0, my rating: 9/10