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  1. The primary criticisms I've heard is that it's "boring" and uses the irritating Manic Dream Pixie Girl trope. I'm already certain I'll hardly care about the latter, aside from some cringeworthy moments that I'm suspecting will come, but I'm quite curious about if the movie is actually boring or not.

    • In this swimming pool scene (jump to one minute 20), the fog was not there for effect. The site was originally chosen because the Manhattan Skyline was clearly visible but it just happened to be incredibly foggy on the day of filming.
    • Largeman works in a Vietnamese restaurant which is a reference to Zach Braff's own time working in a French-Vietnamese restaurant when he was a struggling actor.
    • The house used as Jesse's mansion is Crocker Mansion, a real mansion in Mahwah, New Jersey, which has 75 rooms. Scenes from Escape to Witch Mountain were also shot there.
    • Zach Braff originally titled the movie "Large's Ark" (see fact 16 for why) and tested the name on various messengers coming to his house during production.
  2. Jul 18, 2014 · Funny thing is, I actually liked ‘Garden State.’. Once you strip away The Shins and “this song will change your life,” it had some interesting things to say about what it’s like to have to...

  3. Garden State cleverly depicts the transition into adulthood using subtleties and symbolism, even if some of the characters are cartoonish and unrealistic. This doesn't just apply to Portman's character.

  4. When I was in my late thirties, I had a twentysomething friend tell me I had to watch Garden State. It's a film that's very topical to people of a certain age, but once you're past that age, it becomes really just cute and quirky rather than deep and significant.

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  5. If you've seen both Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and Garden State, think of the weight and depth of the central characters. In Garden State, the characters are fun and neat, but their depth is falsely created in a few sentences of plot-work that doesn't match what's on the screen.

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  7. Sep 11, 2015 · Natalie Portman really likes Garden State. But she's more than aware that other people hate it. And it's all because of Broad City.