Review of Elizabethtown (2005) by Carine T — 01 Mar 2009

J'ai bien aimÃ©. Simple, romantique...

This review of Elizabethtown (2005) was written by Carine T on 01 Mar 2009.

Elizabethtown has generally received mixed reviews.

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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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