Different from what expected

Rating: 1/10 (26 March 2005)

I was really looking forward to seeing this film. I had heard great things about it and noticed its good rating of 8/10 here on IMDb. I'm not an avid movie watcher but I enjoy a good film and watching new movies. To be honest I could not get into this film. Maybe I didn't give it a fair shot... I stopped watching after 45 minutes. The opening airplane scene drew me in but after that it just went downhill for me. Like I said, I never finished the movie, so don't take my comment as a guideline that tells you Garden State is awful. All I can say for sure is that it has a slow beginning. I'm normally good with finishing movies I start but sometimes I can just tell that a movie is not my style within the first few minutes. I had that feeling about this film about 5 minutes in, but I wanted to see if it got better, especially after all the praise its received. After half the movie was over though and I still wasn't drawn in, I had to turn it off. I guess I'll never understand why this movie is so generally loved.