Saw it 2 weeks ago and am STILL thinking about it!

Rating: Null/10 (21 August 2004)

****SORTA-SPOILER COMMENT****
Great story. Great cinematography. Great acting (Natalie did wonderfully). AWESOME soundtrack... it was engaging, thought-provoking, sweet, very funny (with laughter from the audience even drowning out some of the lines in the movie-- so I'll have to see it again!)... a tremendous first film for Zach Braff... you can tell this was his "baby" and that he finally got to stretch his talent wings from Scrubs... Friends are wondering if it will be another Good Will Hunting when the awards come around... I don't know if I'd go that far... but it was very entertaining.
Couple of downsides, tho... Some of the characters seemed flat/very undeveloped (the Dad) and unnecessary to the story-line (Natalie's brother and the "jouster")... most bothersome was the ending -- which seemed FAAAR too cliché' for the rest of the film. I'm surprised that Braff went that direction-- and wonder whether the producers pushed for a traditional "happy" (and unrealistic) ending... I mean, C'MON!!! If he was flying out of Newark, how on earth could he find her in the baggage area that quickly??? Anyone ever fly out of Newark Airport???!!!
I would have preferred an ending that required the viewer to THINK and HOPE for the future of the characters... a'la Lost in Translation, if you know what I mean... Still, I can let that slide...
By far the best flick I've seen this year.