Garden State Critic Reviews

Garden State features some wonderful performances, chief among them an engaging, even courageous turn from Natalie Portman. Read the full review

Though unlikely to have the lasting quality of "The Graduate," it feels a bit like that seminal film for today's generation. Read the full review

Say this for actors: Too self-centered to be embarrassed, they can be existential heroes of a (moronic) sort.Read the full review

An edgy quasi-comedy, it's very funny in places, touching in others. There is a little unevenness. But for a directorial debut, it's amazingly assured. Read the full review

Writer/director Zach Braff has threaded a powerful and intelligent personal story through a genre all too rare today – romantic comedy.Read the full review

As long as you go into Garden State with reasonable expectations, its capacity to disappoint will be limited. Read the full review

Mr. Braff's idea of self-discovery is my idea of narcissism.Read the full review

Garden State coasts on this considerable charm until it hits a brick wall in its final segments. Read the full review

Garden State illuminates a young man's overdue coming of age with unexpected depth and grace. Read the full review