Review of Elizabethtown (2005) by Jennifer M — 01 Aug 2009

I own this movie...and yet I hate it...how odd...

This review of Elizabethtown (2005) was written by Jennifer M on 01 Aug 2009.

Elizabethtown has generally received mixed reviews.

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