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of the Cameron Crowe vision that madeAlmost Famouswork. 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 ofElizabethtown, 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. 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 Im 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,Elizabethtownis 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 VanciniJust Like HeavenBad romantic comedies make you scoff at their absurdity; good ones make you wish your life was that absurd.Just Like Heavenis just smart and likable enough to trigger that wishing. David (Mark Ruffalo,Collateral, You Can Count On Me) finds an amazing apartment in San Francisco--only to discover it's haunted by the spirit of the previous tenant, an overachieving doctor named Elizabeth (Reese Witherspoon,Legally Blonde, Election). There's something not quite right about Elizabeth's afterlife; against his better judgement, David agrees to help her investigate her life...but finds himself digging into his own as well. The plot takes a twist that some viewers will see coming, butJust Like Heavendoesn't rely on the surprise alone; the revelation takes the story in a new and just as entertaining direction. Witherspoon and Ruffalo are two of the best romantic leads around, but the surprise is how well their contrasting flavors (perky and moody, respectively) mesh, creating a sparky, engaging chemistry. Also featuring Dina Waters (Freaky Friday), Donal Logue (The Tao of Steve), Ben Shenkman (Angels in America), and Jon Heder (Napoleon Dynamite). Crisply directed by Mark Waters (Mean Girls), who carefully keeps the supernatural from getting silly and the romance from getting gooey. --Bret FetzerHow To Lose A Guy In 10 DaysKate Hudson twinkles as the heroine ofHow to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, a magazine writer assigned to date a guy, make all the mistakes girls make that drive guys away (being clingy, talking in baby-talk, etc.), and record the process like a sociological experiment. However, the guy she picks--rangy Matthew McConaughey--is an advertising executive who's just bet that he can make a woman fall in love with him in ten days; if he succeeds, he'll win a huge account that will make his career. The set-up is completely absurd, but the collision of their efforts to woo and repel creates some pretty funny scenes. McConaughey's easy charm and Hudson's lightweight impishness play well together and the plot, though strictly Hollywood formula, chugs along efficiently. At moments Hudson seems to channel her mother, Goldie Hawn, to slightly unnerving effect. --Bret Fetzer
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of the Cameron Crowe vision that madeAlmost Famouswork. 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 ofElizabethtown, 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. 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 Im 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,Elizabethtownis 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 VanciniJust Like HeavenBad romantic comedies make you scoff at their absurdity; good ones make you wish your life was that absurd.Just Like Heavenis just smart and likable enough to trigger that wishing. David (Mark Ruffalo,Collateral, You Can Count On Me) finds an amazing apartment in San Francisco--only to discover it's haunted by the spirit of the previous tenant, an overachieving doctor named Elizabeth (Reese Witherspoon,Legally Blonde, Election). There's something not quite right about Elizabeth's afterlife; againsthis better judgement, David agrees to help her investigate her life...but finds himself digging into his own as well. The plot takes a twist that some viewers will see coming, butJust Like Heavendoesn't rely on the surprise alone; the revelation takes the story in a new and just as entertaining direction. Witherspoon and Ruffalo are two of the best romantic leads around, but the surprise is how well their contrasting flavors (perky and moody, respectively) mesh, creating a sparky, engaging chemistry. Also featuring Dina Waters (Freaky Friday), Donal Logue (The Tao of Steve), Ben Shenkman (Angels in America), and Jon Heder (Napoleon Dynamite). Crisply directed by Mark Waters (Mean Girls), who carefully keeps the supernatural from getting silly and the romance from getting gooey. --Bret FetzerHow To Lose A Guy In 10 DaysKate Hudson twinkles as the heroine ofHow to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, a magazine writer assigned to date a guy, make all the mistakes girls make that drive guys away (being clingy, talking in baby-talk, etc.), and record the process like a sociological experiment. However, the guy she picks--rangy Matthew McConaughey--is an advertising executive who's just bet that he can make a woman fall in love with him in ten days; if he succeeds, he'll win a huge account that will make his career. The set-up is completely absurd, but the collision of their efforts to woo and repel creates some pretty funny scenes. McConaughey's easy charm and Hudson's lightweight impishness play well together and the plot, though strictly Hollywood formula, chugs along efficiently. At moments Hudson seems to channel her mother, Goldie Hawn, to slightly unnerving effect. --Bret Fetzer
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Comedy - Original Language: English - Classification: 12 years and over - Starring: Tessa Peake-Jones, Buster Merryfield, David Jason, Nicholas Lyndhurst
Comedy - Director: Richard Boden, Mandie Fletcher, Martin Shardlow - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over - Starring: Hugh Laurie, Miranda Richardson, Stephen Fry, Brian Blessed, Tim McInnerny, Tony Robinson, Rowan Atkinson
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Advantages: good soundtrack Disadvantages: aimless plot
...time I attempted to watch Elizabethtown I fell asleep halfway through! Perhaps that should have told me something but seeing that my husband bought me the DVD for my birthday I felt like I should give it a second go. I have to confess that I wish I hadn't bothered as having watched it all the way through now I'm struggling to decide what the point of it all was.
It's a strange story that seems to meander in lots of different directions ... ...He then sets off to Elizabethtown to dress his dad in a blue suit and bing the body back.
This is where the film that started off fairly promisingly just gets stranger and stranger. He is the only passenger on the plane he travels and start up a conversation with Claire (Kirsten Dunst) a very annoying air hostess. He then meets an absolutely weird set of people in Elizabethtown. Drew seems to get more puzzled as time goes on especially ... more
The first time I attempted to watch Elizabethtown I fell asleep halfway through! Perhaps that should have told me something but seeing that my husband bought me the DVD for my birthday I felt like I should give it a second go. I have to confess that I wish I hadn't bothered as having watched it all the way through now I'm struggling to decide what the point of it all was.
It's a strange story that seems to meander in lots of different directions somewhat aimlessly! The film stars Orlando Bloom who plays Drew Baylor. Once successful, we discover at the start of the film that he has just lost the shoe company he works for almost a million dollars. He is just about to commit suicide having attached a sharp kitchen knife to his exercise bike when he is saved by a call from his sister saying that his dad is died. He then sets off to Elizabethtown to dress his dad in a blue suit and bing the body back.
This is where the film that started off fairly promisingly just gets stranger and stranger. He is the only passenger on the plane he travels and start up a conversation with Claire (Kirsten Dunst) a very annoying air hostess. He then meets an absolutely weird set of people in Elizabethtown. Drew seems to get more puzzled as time goes on especially when every one argues over the funeral. Mids all this Claire gets in touch again and seems to be encouraging him to loosen up and live a little! It all culminates in a rather surreal memorial service for his father which features his widowed mother tap dancing and moon walking! As I said it is surreal!
I really seemed to lose my way watching this film and I really didn't get it. From about a third of the way through I found my interest dwindling. I was tempted to give up again but thought I would just keep going just in case it all became crystal clear. There were a few isolated humourous moments but I don't think the film knew what it was meant to be. I guess some people might call it a comedy whereas others might claim that it has a more profound message. Interestingly it does not claim to be anything at all on the DVD cover!
As the film ends with Drew taking a road trip home I guess you would equate this with the fact that his character has been on a journey through the film albeit one with little direction! However, this road trip element of the film really feels like it is tagged on the end and by this time I really had had enough. I felt that the film would have finished more fittingly with the memorial service!
I didn't feel myself warming to the characters either especially the main two. Orlando Bloom is very watchable but I find Kirsten Dunst quite annoying and I didn't change my mind watching her in this. Susan Saranden and Alec Baldwin appeared in supporting roles but even they could not salvage this rather strange film.
The film is just over two hours long but really felt so much longer than that. After watching it I could not help but feel that those two hours could have been spent much more enjoyably doing pretty much anything else! So with these thoughts in mind I really cannot recommend this film, although I guess that other people have felt differently as I have read some very positive reviews.
Just one redeeming feature was some of the music that you hear played during the film which include songs by Elton John, Tom Petty and The Hollies. These are all very enjoyable to listen to.
There are some DVD extras but as is always the case you really need to have enjoyed the film in order to watch these. However if you are interested they include:
Photo gallery Two theatrical trailers meet the crew extended scenes.
Advantages: great characters, funny, sad at times, interesting viewing Disadvantages: universally panned by the critics
*****"Trust me. Everybody is less mysterious than they think they are."*****
I'm not really a big Cameron Crowe fan. I liked "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" (which he wrote), I didn't really mind "Almost Famous","Vanilla Sky" was so-so (and I could only stand to watch it once) but I LOATHED "Jerry Maguire" with a passion (I'm not sure why) and since then I've been very anti-Crowe. So when a friend of mine loaned me "Elizabethtown", I certainly didn't ... ...to even get around to watching it and when I finally settled down to do so, you would probably have thought I was about to be subjected to watching paint dry or a kettle boil due to the decided lack of enthusiasm on my face.
But some things can surprise you. And this film certainly did.
*****"Because we have a moment here, let me tell you that I have recently become a secret connoisseur of 'last looks'. You know the way people look at you when ...
Pmshack99 06.11.2007
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Advantages: A Joy To Watch Orlando getting a serious role for acting Disadvantages: Kirsten Dunst - is she a serial liar?
...explain why my review of Elizabethtown is entitled 'Where's My Lost DVD?' I am a member of a online DVD rental company, I have a rental list on the said companies website and you can appoint the rentals on your list as: High Priority or 'Give me this NOW'
Medium Priority or 'I'm not sure about this one but send it me anyway' Low Priority or 'Don't send me this ever' So anything you really, really want to see you put on high priority. So far so good, ... ...the family to go to Elizabethtown to bring his father back home, as he had died while on a trip seeing relatives. Drew flies out and meets Clare, one of the stewardesses on his flight, she helpfully draws him a map and gives him her phone number. Drew arrives in Elizabethtown and ... well he meets relatives, and meets people, and finds hope and life and begins a trip of his own.
My opinion:
As stated earlier, I wanted to slate this film for not ...
kitty17 26.11.2006
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Advantages: Great soundtrack, beautiful cinematography Disadvantages: Poor choice of lead actors, overly long
...a free chance to see Elizabethtown I took it. And I was even more disappointed with it that I had expected to be. The Cast
Orlando Bloom………………Drew Baylor
Kirsten Dunst………………..Claire Colburn
Susan Sarandon……………..Hollie Baylor
Alec Baldwin………………..Phil de Voss
Bruce McGill………………..Bill Banyon
Judy Greer…………………..Heather Baylor
Jessica Biel………………….Ellen Kishmore
Paul Schneider………………Jessie Baylor
Loudon Wainwright III………Uncle Dale
Gailard Sartain………………Charles ... ...was not unsubstantiated. Elizabethtown tries too hard to belong to two very different types of genres, and in the end fits into neither. It is not deep enough to mark your life or beliefs, it's not funny enough to keep you laughing for two hours. In fact sometimes the mix is just to inane - for example during the memorial service, after the touching words and reminiscences, a large paper mache bird, catches on fire and crashes in to those gathered ...
VC81 27.10.2005
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Advantages: Nice ideas Disadvantages: Serious miscasting, patchy direction and a lack of focus
Drew Baylor's life isn't going to plan; his latest sports shoe design is so bad that it's just cost his company millions of dollars. As a result he's lost his job and his girlfriend and just as he's about to commit suicide, his sister calls and tells him his father has died. So it's up to him to go to his dad's hometown of Elizabethtown, Kentucky to arrange the funeral. On the way he meets a quirky airhostess, who makes him see that life may be worth ... ...he's great at creating engaging heroes with complex lives but simple needs (to love and be loved). However, his latest effort is rather a disappointment. Written in the aftermath of his own father's death, it suffers from self-indulgence. It's a messy mish-mash of ideas and characters that lacks focus. It can't decide what sort of film it is for a start; part romantic comedy, part coming-of-age dramedy (that's drama with a hint of comedy) it finishes ...
afy9mab 04.03.2006
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Advantages: Easy watching Disadvantages: Dragged in places
The film starts almost straight away with no long credits. The first scene shows some trainers being recalled so you know straight away that there is some problem with the trainers. A man called Drew Baylor begins to talk over these scenes informing the watcher that he is the designer or these shoes. We then see him walking through the building where he works and being taken to see Phil Devoss, his boss, played by Alec Baldwin. Phil explains that ... ...see Drew deciding that the next plan of action is to end his own life. He feels that after putting so much time into the company that there isn’t much else for him. His girlfriend also worked at the company and doesn’t want to know him after this. So he feels there is nothing left. At this point is when he receives a phone call to tell him that his dad had died. This stops him from committing suicide but in his own mind, he is only delaying it until ...
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Though it revolves around death, Cameron Crowe's hotly anticipated follow-up to 'Vanilla Sky' is optimistic overall, beaming with the same life-affirming mood as the crowd-pleasers 'Jerry Maguire and 'Almost Famous'. Promising young shoe-designer Drew Baylor quickly learns how failure feels when his innovative but foolish design for a winged sneaker becomes the humiliation of the footwear industry. Informed of the magnitude of his mistake, Drew applies his design skills to the task of suicide by duct-taping a knife to an exercise machine. This melodramatic act is interrupted, however, when Drew receives a call from his sister, informing him that his father has died while on a trip to his home town of Elizabethtown, Kentucky. Drew's mother, Hollie, elects him to go deal with the arrangements because he is the responsible and successful one. The only passenger on his flight, Drew meets Claire, a perky stewardess, who takes the opportunity to talk his ear off despite his apparent desire for some personal space. Supplying Drew with detailed hand-drawn maps, instructions for how not to get lost, and three phone numbers where she can be reached, Claire tenderly sends him off to confront a town full of relatives he has never met. Once in Elizabethtown, Drew is subjected to relentless family wackiness from people who seem to have known his father better than he did. Meanwhile, he stumbles into a hesitant romance with neurotic but charming Claire, whose anal-retentive wisdom, lust for life, and good taste in music may help Drew come to terms with his newly diminished place in the world and to see it as possibly a better one. A love story, family drama, and road trip in one, 'Elizabethtown' boasts another of Crowe's excellent soundtracks, with artists like Tom Petty and Elton John giving the film much of its emotional drive.
Release details
DVD Region
DVD
Studio(s)
PARAMOUNT HOME ENTERTAINMENT; TECHNICOLOR DIST. SERVICES
Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish
Hearing Impaired Language
English
Technical information
Special Features
Training Wheels, Extended Scenes, Meet The Crew, Photo Gallery, Theatrical Trailers
Aspect Ratio
1.78 Anamorphic Wide Screen
Sound
Dolby Digital 5.1
Dubbing Sound
Dolby Digital 5.1 English German Turkish
Professional reviews
Review
The film's best moments are pure expressions of feeling.... Bloom is surprisingly comfortable in the role of Drew, coming off as sweet, warm and easygoing, and easily in touch with his pit of despair (Los Angeles Times, )
DVD Description
Though it revolves around death, Cameron Crowe's hotly anticipated follow-up to 'Vanilla Sky' is optimistic overall, beaming with the same life-affirming mood as the crowd-pleasers 'Jerry Maguire and 'Almost Famous'. Promising young shoe-designer Drew Baylor quickly learns how failure feels when his innovative but foolish design for a winged sneaker becomes the humiliation of the footwear industry. Informed of the magnitude of his mistake, Drew applies his design skills to the task of suicide by duct-taping a knife to an exercise machine. This melodramatic act is interrupted, however, when Drew receives a call from his sister, informing him that his father has died while on a trip to his home town of Elizabethtown, Kentucky. Drew's mother, Hollie, elects him to go deal with the arrangements because he is the responsible and successful one. The only passenger on his flight, Drew meets Claire, a perky stewardess, who takes the opportunity to talk his ear off despite his apparent desire for some personal space. Supplying Drew with detailed hand-drawn maps, instructions for how not to get lost, and three phone numbers where she can be reached, Claire tenderly sends him off to confront a town full of relatives he has never met. Once in Elizabethtown, Drew is subjected to relentless family wackiness from people who seem to have known his father better than he did. Meanwhile, he stumbles into a hesitant romance with neurotic but charming Claire, whose anal-retentive wisdom, lust for life, and good taste in music may help Drew come to terms with his newly diminished place in the world and to see it as possibly a better one. A love story, family drama, and road trip in one, 'Elizabethtown' boasts another of Crowe's excellent soundtracks, with artists like Tom Petty and Elton John giving the film much of its emotional drive.
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