Review of Elizabethtown (2005) by Darrell E — 01 Feb 2010

Music and storylines made a interesting movie enjoyable.

This review of Elizabethtown (2005) was written by Darrell E on 01 Feb 2010.

Elizabethtown has generally received mixed reviews.

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Elizabethtown [is] a tone-deaf, miscast and interminable romantic comedy from the usually beguiling Cameron Crowe…

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While Drew's epic career failure and suicidal phase are clumsily handled and start the film off on a really shallow note, Elizabethtown develops…

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You might not get this movie, unless you feel like a loser and then have to carry around someone else's ashes for an extended period of time…

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By Catie T (2) on 12 Aug 2015

Absolute drivel. There's nothing redeemable about this movie…

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Elizabethtown fails to maintain the atmosphere of sentimental quirkiness that it's going for, because, in the end, it's as half-baked as its…

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Audiences of a certain hipster disposition, in fact, will see Elizabethtown and pine for Zach Braff's ''Garden State, the movie to which Elizabethtown…

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By Maitland Mcdonagh (2,150) for TV Guide Magazine (2,375) on 27 Dec 2014

This lighthearted meditation on life, death, love and timing contains some genuinely lovely scenes, but they're buried in a shapeless jumble…

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By Allison Williams (3) for Premiere (771) on 24 Nov 2014

Beyond the tunes, however, Elizabethtown falls short of actual emotional resonance, and is really nothing more than a passable Garden State…

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