Beautiful and touching

Rating: 10/10 (21 August 2004)

This is wonderful debut film for Zach Braff, and truly a touching story. What really separated this movie from just ok to great, was its subtle and quirky humor. Wonderful soundtrack and great visuals also helped make the experience enjoyable.
Natalie Portman did a fantastic acting job, one of the best I have seen from her. Zach excelled, and I have to say even better than his much loved role on Scrubs.
I have heard this called the "lost in translation" of this summer. While it had the same aspects of developing characters, this movie, in my opinion, far exceeded translation in several ways. First and foremost, it actually had a plot that went somewhere. Second, there were actual funny moments, not stretched half attempts at humor. Finally, the characters were much more likeable and relateable.