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Binding: VHS Tape EAN: 0097363433637 Format: NTSC Label: Ingram Entertainment Languages: Manufacturer: Ingram Entertainment Publisher: Ingram Entertainment Release Date: February 07, 2006 Studio: Ingram Entertainment Theatrical Release Date: October 14, 2005 Editorial Review: Amazon.com: Elizabethtown has all of the elements of a great Cameron Crowe movie, but none of the Cameron Crowe vision that made Almost Famous work. It's mostly a series of sweet moments, each capped with the right song at the right time; in fact, the soundtrack is the real star of the movie, and the right song is all there is to piece together a film that is much less than the sum of its parts. From the start of Elizabethtown, big contrasts are evoked: death and life, success and failure are side by side, so we're told. When the movie starts, Drew Baylor (Orlando Bloom) is experiencing failure and death in spades: the shoe he spent eight years designing for Mercury (a thinly-veiled copy of Nike) has been recalled, costing his company $972 million dollars. On the verge of a suicide attempt, he learns his father has died, and Drew flies to Kentucky to retrieve the body to Oregon for cremation. On the red-eye to Louisville he meets Claire Colburn (Kirsten Dunst), a perky flight att'ndant with a charming flair for cute lines ("I'm impossible to forget, but I'm hard to remember," she chirps). Once in Elizabethtown, Drew tries to plan a memorial while dealing with relatives who have their own agenda in addition to his manic family back in Oregon, all while facing the reality that in a few days he'll be known nationally as one of his industry's most legendary failures. Yet still he manages to connect with Claire on an all-night cell phone conversation--complete with the requisite watching of the sunrise--and to strike up a furtive romance. So we now have death and life side by side. But despite these dramatic shifts, what sets up to be a roller coaster ride of a film flattens out to a milquetoast middle ground with no real life of its own. Drew Baylor has suffered two tragic personal losses in the course of one day, but you wouldn't know it from Bloom's lethargic performance. There's not much to Claire either. Her whole character is made up mostly of cutesy quotable lines and mysterious little smirks. In the end, Elizabethtown is a film that doesn't know what it wants to be, and unfortunately there's no payoff, other than a few memorable lines and a great soundtrack. --Dan Vancini Product Description: From Oscar winner Cameron Crowe comes "a potent blend of rock 'n' roll and classic romantic comedy." Orlando Bloom stars as Drew Baylor, a hot-shot designer whose life becomes completely unraveled when he loses his father and his job on one fateful day. En route to Elizabethtown to visit his family, Drew meets Claire (Kirsten Dunst). She's beautiful, unstoppably positive, and just the gal to guide Drew on his journey back home and to teach him what it means to live and love along the way. Set against the backdrop of an incredible soundtrack, ELIZABETHTOWN is 'an amazing trip of love, loss and laughter.' Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Surrender To The FantasyI judge the value of a film by how much I can identify with the characters....I've been single my entire life because I never found a 'Clarie'.....That special soul with a third eye that sees things within others they may have missed themselves...I just sat back, turned off my critical eye and just enjoyed the journey into friendship, understanding, humor and eventually love.. Another aspect I enjoyed was Drew's realization that he actually loved his Dad more than he knew... I realize ... Read More Rating:  - Ok movie!I took my niece to see this movie at the theater when it first came out, mostly because he likes Orlando Bloom. I was quite surprised that I actually liked the movie as well. It is a very slow movie with alot of plots left undone, but the overall romance of the movie was pleasing to me. It's not a movie that I would want to watch over and over again but one that every once in a while, when you need to sit back and rediscover what's important in your life, I wouldn't mind watching. The acting for ... Read More Rating:  - A very nice love storyAnd the acting on this one is not at all bad either... It is sort of a "low impact" love story where friendship flowers into something more. I liked it... it might even become a classic? The family and the failure of his shoe open the hero to a new way of seeing his life. What he thought was the end, becomes their beginning. Rating: - An interesting and fun romp!I didn't think I'd like this film. Let's face it, it's billed and marketed as a 'chick flick'. However, the characters are tremendously sympathetic, the story is moving, and the 'place' is intriguing and likable. Set in Elizabethtown Kentucky (an area I know little about), the film's premise is that in meeting his extended family, learning more about his father, beloved by the entire town, he's ready for a new chapter in his life. Orlando Bloom plays Drew Baylor, the character who has ... Read More Rating: - For Those Who Think and FeelAfter catching parts of this at the gym cardio cinema occasionally, I was only seeing the early scenes with Kirsten Dunst. I didn't notice the feel of the movie being so similar to Crowe's other films. They make you pay attention to other peoples feelings. In these early previews, I thought this may turn into a Fatal Attraction stalker movie. Claire annoyed me despite her beauty. My goodness was I wrong! It's a feel good movie. It's supposed to make you appreciate the time you are here being alive, and ... Read More |
