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Elizabethtown
2005 123 min United States of America, Germany PG-13 16+
★5.7
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Director: Cameron Crowe
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Description
Drew Baylor is fired after causing his shoe company to lose hundreds of millions of dollars. To make matters worse, he's also dumped by his girlfriend. On the verge of ending it all, Drew gets a new lease on life when he returns to his family's small Kentucky hometown after his father dies. Along the way, he meets a flight attendant with whom he falls in love.
Budget:
$57M
US Gross:
$26.85M
Worldwide:
$52.16M
Starring
Orlando Bloom
Actor
Kirsten Dunst
Actor
Susan Sarandon
Actor
Awards
2 wins & 4 nominations total
Key opinion
Elizabethtown is a deeply polarizing film that functions for many as a comforting, life-affirming remedy for depression, while others dismiss it as a hollow, self-indulgent, and aimless narrative. While the soundtrack is universally praised as a vital emotional anchor, consensus on the lead performances and the film's pacing remains sharply divided.
| Score | The soundtrack acts as an essential, character-defining element that elevates the film's emotional resonance. | |
| Emotion | The road trip sequence and the film's focus on intimate human connection provide a genuine sense of optimism and healing for viewers in search of comfort. | |
| Pacing | The film's pacing is a subject of major contention; some find the slow, contemplative nature rewarding, while others find the extended runtime boring and lacking a coherent, dynamic structure. | |
| Acting | Performances by Orlando Bloom and Kirsten Dunst are heavily debated: proponents find their chemistry charming and subtle, while critics view them as disinterested, lacking spark, or overacting. | |
| Screenplay | The screenplay is praised by some for its effortless, life-affirming dialogue, while others criticize it as generic, predictable, and burdened by an overload of subplots. |