a heartfelt character study that generates tears of sadness and joy.

Rating: 10/10 (11 November 2004)

Garden State is one of the rare films that has brought me to tears. The others are Shadowlands and Spiderman(ya i know). I went and saw it with a buddy of mine and we both were absolutely blown away. I went and saw it again by myself and i was the only one in the theater and i just balled my eyes out. A film has never touched on the topics that mean so much to me before. The scene where andrew and sam are in the bathtub and he learns to cry completely got me. He talked about feeling safe with sam and how before her, he hasn't felt anything real, not even pain. The next scene in which he confronts his dad and comes to terms with the burden he's had for half of his life is absolutely breath taking.