This movie is, in a word, atrocious. What makes it even worse is like 95% of the people who see it like it, which still baffles me to this day. I was told before seeing it that it was "sooooooooooo good". Man, was I mislead. It tries so hard to be "cool" and so hard to be "hip"--- but it's like some emo kid got a camera and a modest budget and thought they would just shoot a really kitsche movie that would be soooooooo cool. It was not. This movie beats home every theme with a sledgehammer. OKAY, SO HE'S EMOTIONALLY UNSTABLE, BUT IT"S BECAUSE HE"S ON DRUGS. I FUCKIN' GET IT ALREADY!!!!!!!
And this movie has some dreadful acting, Zach Braff is like cardboard and Natalie Portman is way ove the top. Hey I just thought of something, maybe their performances cancel each other out to make one really good performance. No, not quite.
Bruce Springsteen remains as the only good thing to ever come out of New Jersey....
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