Garden State

There are many things I appreciated about this film. Its quirkiness especially. I loved the youthfulness of the writer / male lead / director and his approach on the psycho-babble nonsense. I loved the solution to facing the catastrophic circumstances of his family circumstances: the speech to his father near the end of the film was a remarkable piece of breathtaking understated truth telling. The romance side of things was lovely, and contrasted elegantly with the odd and unpleasant character traits of many of his friends. I also enjoyed watching the cut scenes and listening to a few bits of the commentary too. Gets a 8 and a half I think!