Four Stars, Movie Reviews - Thursday, February 16, 2006 3:18 - 9 Comments

Elizabethtown (DVD)

Im not a big fan of chick flicks, but I promised my wife a movie of her choosing for Valentines Day. (without falling asleep) Since it was a promise, I sat down and watched Elizabethtown with her. To my surprise, it was actually a pretty good movie.

As I sit here trying to write this review, Im really at a loss for words. The movie is something that you feel, not something you can really explain first hand in writing. I think people who watch this film will come out with different meanings behind it. I really recommend this film for those who appreciate a good story and underlying meaning to it. It really helped me examine myself as a person and look deeper into the real meaning living. I still cant understand how so many people gave this movie a bad rating. Im telling you, dont listen to the critics. Grab a date , your girlfriend, or wife and watch this film. I really enjoyed it.

After causing the Oregon shoe company he works for to lose hundreds of millions of dollars, Drew Baylor is fired for his mistake, and promptly also dumped by his girlfriend, Ellen. On the verge of suicide, Drew is oddly given a new purpose in life when he is brought back to his family’s small Kentucky hometown of Elizabethtown following the death of his father, Mitch, as it falls to him to make sure that his dying wishes are fulfilled. On the way home, Drew meets a flight attendant, Claire Colburn(Dunst), with whom he falls in love, in a romance that helps his life get back on track.

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