Genre:
Comedy Drama
Theatrical Release: 07/30/2004(USA
Release Date: 01/01/2001
Sound: DD5.1/DDS
Run Time:
Flags: Profanity, Sexual Situations, Drug Content
Distributor/Studio: 20th Century Fox
In the wake of his success on the hit
NBC sitcom Scrubs, actor
Zach Braff made his debut behind the camera writing, directing, and starring in this bittersweet
romantic comedy.
Braff plays
Andrew Largeman, a young man who has just received word of his mother's passing. With this news,
Andrew returns to the town in which he grew up, where he is greeted by his father,
Gideon (
Ian Holm), a psychiatrist. In addition to mourning the loss of his mother,
Andrew is also attempting to adjust to life without the emotionally numbing antidepressants that he has recently opted to discontinue using. Gradually, with the absence of the pills, his reconnection with his past, and the introduction of
Sam (
Natalie Portman), a woman who would seem to have little in common with him, into his life,
Andrew is able to see the potential for some positive changes. Also starring
Jean Smart and
Peter Sarsgaard,
Garden State was once titled
Large's Ark and premiered at the
2004 Sundance Film Festival. ~ Matthew Tobey, All Movie Guide
;)
