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Garden State

By Jurgen Fauth & Marcy Dermansky, About.com

Garden State

Natalie Portman stars in "Garden State."

Starring: Zach Braff, Natalie Portman, Ian Holm, Peter Sarsgaard, Geoffrey Arend
Director: Zach Braff
Distributor: Fox Searchlight Films and Miramax Films
Release Date: July 30th, 2004 (limited release).
MPAA Rating: R for language, drug use and a scene of sexuality.
Genre: Romance, drama, comedy.
Description: When Andrew Largeman (Braff) returns to his hometown in New Jersey for the first time in 10 years to attend his mother's funeral, he is reconnected with the world he left behind, and meets a girl, Samantha (Portman), who may change his life forever. Having recently stopped taking the powerful antidepressants he had been prescribed for years, Largeman's journey of self-discovery prompted by his return causes him to have a more healthy rediscovery of himself, which includes confronting his psychologist father (Holm) and helping Samantha through her own psychological issues.

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