Review of Elizabethtown (2005) by Emma C — 10 Mar 2009

Not Cameron Crow's best, but not Vanilla Sky either.

This review of Elizabethtown (2005) was written by Emma C on 10 Mar 2009.

Elizabethtown has generally received mixed reviews.

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