One of the characteristics that endears writer/director Cameron Crowe to moviegoers is his willingness to risk looking like a fool in his attempt to put real human warmth on screen. He'll stand holding a jam box outside your window at dawn. He'll give his characters Frank Capra speeches. And he'll make a movie like "Elizabethtown," which flirts with laughability at every turn yet trusts that you are open-hearted enough to embrace it. Read the full review
Once a rising star at an athletic shoe company, Drew Baylor has just been fired when he receives the news that his father has died. His mother assigns him the job of transporting his dad's body to Oregon from Elizabethtown, Ky. That's when Drew meets Claire, a flight attendant with a mission to help someone in trouble. Drew becomes her next project.
Director: Cameron Crowe
Starring: Orlando Bloom, Kirsten Dunst, Susan Sarandon, Jessica Biel, Judy Greer
Run time: 133 minutes
Release date: Oct. 14, 2005
Rating: PG-13 for language and some sexual references.
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The Atlanta Journal-Constitution: D-
"Be still, my gag reflex."
Austin American-Statesman: 3 of 5 stars
"The film's enormous heart... might win you over."
Cox News Service: B-
"Excellent music and some funny and genuinely touching moments — if you can endure the awful first third of the movie."
The Palm Beach Post: B
"Elizabethtown's emotional finale ... is a valentine to America's heartland."
