Garden State illuminates a young man's overdue coming of age with unexpected depth and grace.Read Full Review »
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USA Today: Claudia Puig
Though unlikely to have the lasting quality of "The Graduate," it feels a bit like that seminal film for today's generation.Read Full Review »
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ROLLING STONE: Peter Travers
It's a hilarious and heartfelt ode to twentysomething angst. Braff has himself a winner.Read Full Review »
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Philadelphia Inquirer: Carrie Rickey
The best performances are those of Portman and the resourceful Peter Sarsgaard (Shattered Glass) as Mark.Read Full Review »
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CHICAGO SUN-TIMES: Roger Ebert
This is not a perfect movie; it meanders and ambles and makes puzzling detours. But it's smart and unconventional, with a good eye for the perfect This is not a perfect movie; it meanders and ambles and makes puzzling detours. But it's smart and unconventional, with a good eye for the perfect detail.Read Full Review »
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ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Lisa Schwarzbaum
Certainly Garden State is a very American specimen of debut indie form, its loose, goof-about scenes of comic melancholy reinforced with the glue of quirkiness over cracks in the narrative development.Read Full Review »
Garden State features some wonderful performances, chief among them an engaging, even courageous turn from Natalie Portman.Read Full Review »
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Washington Post: Desson Thomson
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 Full Review »
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Village Voice: Ed Park
Braff's naive romanticism is also lovely proof of the film's innocent heart.Read Full Review »
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