Review of Elizabethtown (2005) by Mansi A — 30 Aug 2011

A film that only romantics at heart will truly comprehend.

This review of Elizabethtown (2005) was written by Mansi A on 30 Aug 2011.

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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I understand why this film gets a lot of hate; it is definitely not one of Cameron Crowe's best films, in fact, it's probably the most sentimental…

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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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When she's (Dunst) off the screen, Elizabethtown goes dark and broody, stranding us with the morose Bloom during a third-act road trip that…

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By Rhett D (10) on 11 Jun 2018

Drew Baylor (Orlando Bloom, sporting the American accent) is a promising shoe designer until he quickly learns how failure feels when a bad…

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By Gina N (23) on 07 Nov 2015

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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By Nick K (690) on 12 Dec 2013

Good intentions, made better with a soundtrack that will linger, but ultimately goes too far off the rails…

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By Keith O (202) on 30 Jun 2015

Dunst tries; Bloom fails; and Crowe is a fiasco…

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By Thomas L (876) on 29 Jun 2018

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 Spangle (1,205) on 19 May 2016

Elizabethtown is hit-and-miss. Completely implausible, the film is your stereotypical rom-com in which boys meets girl and etc etc…

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