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Plot:
Drew Baylor, once a rising star at a leading athletic shoe company, has just been fired due to the overwhelming failure of his design for a sneaker and $972 million loss his company suffered because o...( read more 
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Recent Reviews
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MCT:November 19, 2008
Orlando Bloom himself knows that he is a terrible actor.
And Cameron Crowe himself knows that he is an imitator and cant picture the beauty of life in an original manner. His jokes dont work, already heard by all.
But the story is my type and if the movie hadn't been such a mess i could've loved it. Still I cant help giving it 3.5 stars anyway.
Kirsten Dunst is a natural born actor and her performance is always simply pleasant and believable. -
MCT:November 9, 2008Most of the movie, while it wasn't bad, wasn't great either - at least in my opinion. However, the end is what draws the whole movie together. It's worth the entire movie just for the last bit of it.
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MCT:November 3, 2008
"It's a heck of a place to find yourself"
A young man in need of a fresh start gets one under highly unexpected circumstances in this emotionally resonant comedy drama from writer and director Cameron Crowe. Drew Baylor (Orlando Bloom) is considered the big success story in his family, having moved away from the small Kentucky town where he was born to California, where he works as a designer for Mercury, the nation's biggest athletic shoe company. But success has begun to elude Drew -- his most recent design was a resounding flop that has cost him his job, and his girlfriend, Ellen (Jessica Biel), has given him his walking papers. Drew is contemplating suicide when he gets word that his father has died, and that he's needed back home in Elizabethtown, KY, to help organize the funeral. With his mother, Hollie (Susan Sarandon), deep in denial about her husband's passing, Drew comes home to discover no one knows about his recent poor fortune, and he's greeted like a conquering hero. As Drew reconnects with his family and helps his sister, Heather (Judy Greer), look after Hollie, Drew gets a new lease on life and is reminded about what's really important to him. Helping him learn these valuable lessons is Claire Colburn (Kirsten Dunst), a pretty and optimistic flight attendant Drew meets on his flight home who has her own philosophies about positive thinking and the curative powers of travel. Elizabethtown also stars Alec Baldwin, Paul Schneider, Bruce McGill, Loudon Wainwright III, and Paula Deen.
Review
This movie is definitely worth watching, and you will enjoy it better the second or third time you see it. The reason being that it doesn't tell us a story of one event - a funeral, but rather allows us to observe two young people dancing around each other. The reason I compare it to Pride and Prejudice is because I consider the psychology of the main characters being the focus of this movie. Although it's not described in so much detail and it certainly doesn't take some six hours as the (good) P&P, it is very funny to watch the way Claire and Drew's acquaintance develops. You could put Julia Roberts, Brad Pitt and Kevin Spacey into the movie (well, maybe I wouldn't risk Spacey, just to be sure), and in the end you would still have just Claire and Drew, laughing and talking and trying to look relaxed... and it's really fun. The result is - don't mind the simple story. Observe the characters, try to understand them - and you will greatly enjoy it. -
MCT:October 31, 2008
i can say that this movie is not that great but it is worth to watch most specially when you can relate into the main characters situation.this film is kinda romantic too.
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MCT:October 18, 2008
A little too sweet and slow for my taste, but I really like the part where Drew (Orlando Bloom) is traveling across the land.. And then Cameron Crowe's movies always have a great soundtrack
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WrellikWposted 120 days ago -
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What is a movie?
For some a moment to joy with a signicant other, a moment to be entertain, for not to be boring, maybe to learn, or just a homework or for a project, a moment to share. For many people just something to watch and heard.
I saw myself in this movie and made me realize what i want, and by this i made a big decision in my life. All my life i did great things but nothing really complete. What im waiting for?
I want my future now. And im going for that.
I will be forever thankful to this movie and others that made me stronger.
Because thats what movies are LIFE.posted 858 days ago
