Great first indie from Zach Braff

Rating: 8/10 (14 January 2014)

Andrew Largeman (Zach Braff) is a troubled, depressed, and heavily medicated actor who once played a retarded quarterback on TV. He's now just a waiter in LA. He returns home to his mother's funeral, and his overbearing psychiatrist father (Ian Holm). He reconnects with an old friend Mark (Peter Sarsgaard), and new girl Sam (Natalie Portman).
Written and directed by Zach Braff, this is a very impressive big screen debut for him. He has a good eye for interesting visuals. The story does meander as he drifts. It has an ethereal aimless feel to the movie. That is until he meets Natalie Portman. She's at her height of her IT girl phase, and there is a great reason for it. She's completely magnetic on screen. It's easy why anyone would fall head over heels for her. She plays the MPDG who brings him out of his depression.