I hope this doesn't define this generation.

Rating: Null/10 (3 September 2004)

I saw Garden State today and am writing in response to another member's comment that this move defines this generation. I hope that isn't true. While I do know many people in their 20s who have no focus, no ambition and no hope in their lives, I also know many others who do. During the scene where Sam and Andrew bury Jelly in Sam's backyard, I thought "Oh no, another movie that tries to 'depict' suburban white kids as living a meaningless existence. Is this supposed to be 'brilliant'?" I admire Braff's writing ability for being accurate in the dialogue with Large and his father where Large tells him that they need to be okay with not being as happy as his father always dreamed. But it bothers me that a movie about how depressed people of my generation are is a movie that would define us! This movie certainly does not define any of my friends. There is more to life than getting high, casual sex and wandering through life with no hope.