Promising, but overall mediocre

Rating: 4/10 (11 May 2007)

The first portion of this film was very well done. It established fairly interesting characters, set up believable tension, and built towards what could have been an exceptional second half.
However, the last thirty minutes or so were absolutely painful to sit through. Not only is it riddled with clichés and predictability, but it fails to use the characters and plot lines that it set up so excellently in an engaging and interesting manner.
I hated the movie coming out of it not because it was incredibly bad, but because it should have been so much better. As is, I would avoid watching Garden State.