mini-film review

[madbaker]

We watched Garden State last night. Obviously a very personal (but not autobiographical) film by Zach Braff, who apparently is in a TV show (Scrubs). He wrote, directed, and starred in it. I haven't decided if this is his Citizen Kane, or his Glen or Glenda.

It was a decent movie. Natalie Portman turns out to be a pretty good actress, when she's given a script and direction.
I wouldn't watch it again, but that's what Netflix is for.

Edited to add: My favorite line (for tolerably obvious reasons) was from Natalie's character, a habitual liar:

"We're great together! I haven't lied in, like, two days!"
"Is that true?"
"...No."

Comments

[antoniseb.livejournal.com]

I saw it some time ago. It was nice seeing Bilbo. I kind of liked the part where the visited the crazy guy in the trailer in the pit.

[goldenstag.livejournal.com]

FWIW, and this is very much a personal opinion, but Scrubs is much better than it has a right to be. Comedy Central is re-airing everything but the current season every evening (and probably other times, too). There's some really good stuff, some rather sophomoric stuff (although even that's funnier than it should be), and a lot in between, some interesting insights into human character/interaction/etc., and more. Anyway, I realize it's not for everyone, but I really have gotten to like it.