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Garden State
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Garden State is a 2004 romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Zach Braff in his feature directorial debut. Braff also stars alongside Natalie Portman, with Peter Sarsgaard and Ian Holm among the supporting roles.The film centers on Andrew Largeman (Braff), a 26-year-old Los Angeles-based actor/waiter who has been perpetually living in a catatonic emotional state attributable in part to him being kept on at least one form of the drug lithium since he was 10. He receives a phone call from his dad, with whom he has not spoken in a long time, and learns that his paraplegic mother drowned in the bath. Andrew then returns to his hometown in New Jersey to attend her funeral, and soon after meets Sam (Portman), a free-spirited girl that brings him out of his shell.The title of the film alludes both to the nickname for New Jersey, where the film takes place, and to lines from Andrew Marvell's poem "The Garden" ("Such was that happy garden-state, / While man there walked without a mate"). | |
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The Stoic | |
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The Stoic: Andrew Largeman. He gradually opens up during the course of the film because he's finally off his psychiatric medications and because he meets Sam. | |
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Redemption in the Rain | |
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Redemption in the Rain: The climactic Noah's ark scene that forms the basis of the theatrical poster. | |
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Bathtub Bonding | |
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Bathtub Bonding: Andrew and Sam, albeit without water in the tub. | |
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Black Comedy | |
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Black Comedy: Definitely. Some of the darkest, squickiest clips were cut from the theatrical release, but they're available on the DVD. | |
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Clifftop Caterwauling | |
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Clifftop Caterwauling: One of the most well-known scenes of the film has Andrew, Sam and Mark climbing on an abandoned crane and screaming into a chasm. | |
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It Always Rains at Funerals | |
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It Always Rains at Funerals: It was actually raining the day of the shoot, but they had trouble getting the rain to show up on the film. | |
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Tomboyish Name | |
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Tomboyish Name: Sam. | |
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Time-Passes Montage | |
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Time-Passes Montage: During the party, a montage shows Andrew sitting on the couch while everything around him happens in Fast Forward. | |
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Manic Pixie Dream Girl | |
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Manic Pixie Dream Girl: Sam. Certainly not the Ur-Example, but one of the most famous examples. Notably, the term was coined in an article about Elizabethtown, which was released the year after this film (and was a pretty blatant clone of it). | |
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Flames of Love | |
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Flames of Love: Andrew confesses his affection for Sam in front of a fireplace. | |
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BigDamnKiss | |
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Big Damn Kiss: Right at the end with Andrew and Sam at the airport. | |
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Dream Sequence | |
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Dream Sequence: Opens with one. Andrew is on a plane that's going down and is the only passenger not freaking out. | |
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FanService | |
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Fanservice: The pool scene with multiple girls (including Sam) swimming around in their underwear. | |
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Inventor of the Mundane | |
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Inventor of the Mundane: One of Zach Braff's friends invented "silent velcro" and became a multi-millionaire. He now spends his time driving golf-carts around his mansion. | |
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Alone in a Crowd | |
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Alone in a Crowd: Largeman is spaced out on the couch while the rest of the party is a Binge Montage going on all around him. Later he and Sam talk to each other at the other end of the pool while everyone else is swimming. | |
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Fire/Water Juxtaposition | |
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Fire/Water Juxtaposition: One of Andrew and Sam's first romantic moments comes in a swimming pool, where they go swimming together in their underwear. Later, they have another get-together in front of a crackling fireplace. One moment takes place when Andrew is still emotionally disaffected, and had difficulty expressing himself around others; the other takes place when he (finally) starts to come out of his shell. | |
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Wallpaper Camouflage | |
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Wallpaper Camouflage: Andrew's new shirt which has the same pattern as the bathroom wallpaper. | |
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Leaving You to Find Myself | |
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Leaving You to Find Myself: Andrew's explanation why he has to leave Sam at the end. | |
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Double-Meaning Title | |
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Double-Meaning Title: The film's title is based on a popular nickname for New Jersey, where it takes place, and a line from Andrew Marvell's poem "The Garden". It could also be applied to the static, emotionless state of Andrew's life since he went on his medication. | |
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Joisey | |
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Joisey: The title is a nickname. | |
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Rule of Funny | |
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Rule of Funny: Large's argument with the customer at the restaurant probably wouldn't come up in Real Life. Vietnamese restaurants are actually far more likely to serve bread than most other Asian restaurants; Vietnam was a protectorate of France for over a century, so its cuisine has a very strong French slant. Baguettes are frequently eaten there, and sandwiches (known as "banh mi") are a standard part of the menu in any Vietnamese restaurant at least in the US. | |
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Meet Cute | |
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Meet Cute: Sam and Andrew at the doctor's office. A dog is humping his leg and Andrew asks what he should do. Sam tells him to kick the dog in the balls. | |
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Boy Meets Girl | |
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Boy Meets Girl: The central plot with the contrasting characters of Andrew and Sam. | |
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Abusive Parents | |
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Abusive Parents: Andrew's father tries to destroy his mind with unnecessary psychiatric drugs as punishment for accidentally crippling his mother. | |
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Clapper Gag | |
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Clapper Gag: Genuine applause accidentally triggers the clapper and turns off the living room lights. | |
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Cool Bike | |
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Cool Bike: Largeman's WWII bike and sidecar. | |
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Spin the Bottle | |
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Spin the Bottle: A drug-fuelled version is played at Mark and Dave's party. | |
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Nice Guy | |
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Nice Guy: Andrew Largeman. | |
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Shout-Out | |
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Shout-Out: To The Graduate, but to plenty of other things as well. Several books' spines are visible on a shelf in Mark's room. Their distinctive coloration is that of the Clan books, in alphabetical order, from the Legend of the Five Rings role-playing game. | |
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Nerds Speak Klingon | |
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Nerds Speak Klingon: Mark is displeased to see that his mother has a new boyfriend, Tim. It doesn’t help that he wears knight armour and speaks Klingon. The best part is that Tim was played by Jim Parsons, who would later play Sheldon Cooper. | |
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Wrongfully Attributed | |
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Wrongfully Attributed: An in-universe half-example, there's a scene where Andrew's friend Jesse mentions Brave New World and attributes it to Aldous Huxtable rather than Huxley. | |
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ApologizesALot | |
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Apologizes a Lot: Sam tends to apologize for her quirks or anything really in fear of freaking Andrew out. He even mocks her for this at one point. | |
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Romantic Comedy | |
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Romantic Comedy: An unconventional example with its heavy subject matter and Dark Humor. | |
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Groin Attack | |
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Groin Attack: Sam claims this to be her preferred (and regular) method of dealing with her three misbehaving dogs, and given her personality we really don't have much reason to disbelieve her. | |
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Unbuilt Trope | |
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Unbuilt Trope: Sam was the Trope Codifier (if not the outright Trope Maker) for the Manic Pixie Dream Girl trope. While she plays the trope pretty straight, Andrew's mental struggles are played with a surprising amount of gravity and seriousness, especially compared to later works that Garden State inspired. He's not just mopey guy who can't enjoy life—he suffers from a legitimate brain disorder that makes it difficult to feel emotion, partly brought about by his psychiatrist father drugging him with lithium. It's also heavily implied that he shuts himself off from his emotions due to his psychological trauma from accidentally paralyzing his mother. | |
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