Review of Elizabethtown (2005) by Toms — 12 Dec 2005
This movie was a flat-out train wreck. There was never any reason to care about Orlando Bloom's character. To make matters worse, they never actually explained what it was that made his shoe a 'failure.
' The scene with Susan Sarandon on stage was completely self-indulgent, unnecessary, and actually forced the film to move backwards. The 'scrapbook' that kirsten dunst 'threw' together in the 10 spare minutes she had apart from stalking orlando bloom was comical at best.
The film was simply unbelievable, and even if you were to suspend your disbelief, there's still no reason to care. On the otherhand, as usual for Crowe, the soundtrack was great. But it seems like the whole film was just an excuse to put some of his favorite driving tunes into a movie.
Even the sheer number of songs played shows an inability of Crowe to self-edit. Disaster of a movie for Crowe.
This review of Elizabethtown (2005) was written by Toms on 12 Dec 2005.
Elizabethtown has generally received mixed reviews.
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