New Jersey on Film - Garden State (2004) + The Final Fate of Andrew Largeman
We’re in our last batch of New Jersey flicks for our AIN’T THAT AMERICA series and it might seem like a given that we would discuss this notorious Zach Braff debut film from 2004. It is named for the state’s nickname after all. Yeah, dude. GARDEN STATE. A movie often cited as a prime example of the Manic Pixie Dream Girl movie trope. We revisit the sneakily humorous if not overwritten hit movie that had a whole generation about that Shins song. Did Zach Braff kill the Shins? Maybe. Back when we first watched this 22 years ago we probably crushed on girls like Sam. Now, in our forties, she…
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