Elizabethtown

Name: Elizabethtown
Genre: Drama, Comedy, Romance
Released: October 14, 2005
Duration: 123 min
Rating: 45
Cast: Kirsten Dunst, Orlando Bloom, Susan Sarandon

2005

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Paramount Pictures | Release Date: October 14, 2005 | PG-13

Starring: Kirsten Dunst, Orlando Bloom, Susan Sarandon

Summary: A love letter to the resilience of the life force, Elizabethtown is a charming, music-filled journey that proves amazing things can happen when you least expect them. (Paramount Pictures)

Director: Cameron Crowe

Genre(s): Drama, Comedy, Romance

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 123 min

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William Arnold

That rare animal, a dialogue-driven comedy -- and a good one at that. While one or two of its scenes may seem a tad too talky for today's low-attention spans, the script is mostly razor-sharp acerbic and sophisticated. Read full review

Shawn Levy

There are wonders here, but there are as many things that just plain make you wonder. By the end you're too addled to be truly moved. Read full review

Keith Phipps

Only a truly great director can make a film of high artistic merit, filled with personality and memorable scenes, that's still a borderline disaster. (Think One From The Heart or 1941.) So the heartfelt and woefully miscalculated Elizabethtown may be the film that marks Cameron Crowe's arrival as a truly great director. Read full review

Carrie Rickey

An unmitigated, inexplicable, unforgivable flop. Read full review

Carina Chocano

A mess of a movie -- but a warm, friendly mess that's hard not to like, even when it tests your patience. Read full review

J.R. Jones

An especially lame variation on Crowe's feel-good formula. Read full review

Desson Thomson

It's hard to believe the creative mind that gave us "Almost Famous," "Jerry Maguire," "Say Anything" and "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" looked up with satisfaction after typing 117 pages of this. Read full review

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francesco

Nov 11, 2011

Elizabethtown is a great and hilarious comedy with many reflections of how to appreciate life and understand what's really important in life. This movie tries to bring an interesting message. To me Cameron Crowe succeeded brilliantly. I don't understand all of the criticism towards the movieElizabethtown is a great and hilarious comedy with many reflections of how to appreciate life and understand what's really important in life. This movie tries to bring an interesting message. To me Cameron Crowe succeeded brilliantly. I don't understand all of the criticism towards the movie because I believe that the people and critics who disliked this movie simply weren't open about the main concept and somewhat skeptical. I hear many people saying that Elizabethtown is the worst copy of Garden state. Indeed I believe that it's totally the opposite thing because I believe that Elizabethtown is far superior. This movie has really precious moments.It's easy to sympathize with the leading character. Bloom,Dunst and Sarandon gave truly great performances.Orlando Bloom is for the first time rightly cast and I must say I found him really good.Kirsten Dunst was perfect and her performance is not always easy as it would seem. Susan Sarandon was really amazing and is the protagonist of a really funny but nevertheless moving sort of monologue that is the point of the entire movie. Cameron Crowe shows once again that he's a very original director. Simply one of the best of our generation. To enjoy Elizabethtown you have to abandon every last easy judgment. This movie is one of the most original in the recent years.It's not a romantic comedy as it was sold.It's about life,hope,love and how to deal with the difficulties of life.And how sometimes you need to search of your own origins to build a new life.And I was moved by that concept.… Expand

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petes.

Oct 24, 2005

Does everyone think they could do a better job directing a movie that is about death and life? Rusty's video was genius! Chuck and Cindy were really funny. Great movie about real things. Awesome! Laughed and cried!!!!