Overview
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.
I had resisted watching this movie for several years because of the mediocre reviews. Boy, was that a mistake! I enjoyed the hell out of this movie. I can’t remember seeing a movie quite like this one. It is very much an indie black comedy that has a touch of absurdist fantasy, but wrapped inside of a Hallmark movie. What other movie can say that? The one thing that it isn’t is a rom-com, and I suspect that is why so many people didn’t “get” the movie. Dunst and Bloom are perfectly cast, and more importantly, are pitch-perfect in their roles. Despite the backdrop (the death of the family member, although nobody is sad about it), the movie is filled to the brim with hope. Normally we only see this out of one main character – I can’t ever recall seeing it out of both. Of course, none of this works without the dance that goes on between the two leads. They aren’t together, but they (and the audience) know the truth.
IHATEBadMovies.com reviews Elizabethtown
Movie title: Elizabethtown
Movie 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.
Date published: 2024-08-09
Director(s): Cameron Crowe
Actor(s): Orlando Bloom, Kirsten Dunst, Susan Sarandon, Alec Baldwin, Bruce McGill, Judy Greer, Jessica Biel, Paul Schneider, Loudon Wainwright III, Gailard Sartain, Jed Rees, Paula Deen, Dan Biggers, Alice Marie Crowe, Tim Devitt, Ted Manson, Maxwell Moss Steen, Reid Thompson Steen, Shane Lyons, Emily Rutherfurd, Michael Naughton, Griffin Grabow, Nina Jefferies, Emily Goldwyn, Kristin Lindquist, Allison Munn, Tom Humbarger, Patty Griffin, Gregory North, Steve Seagren, Guy Stevenson, Jeffrey De Serrano, Jeanette O'Connor, Catherine McGoohan, Sean Nepita, Dena DeCola, David Brandt, Jenny Gregg Stewart, Delaney Keefe, Travis Howard, Bobby Daniels, Rod Burke, Nate Mooney, Judy Pryor Trice, Jim Fitzpatrick, Jim James, Two-Tone Tommy, Patrick Hallahan, Charlie Crowe, Carl Broemel, Scott Sener, John M. Sullivan, Sonny King, Erwin Russell Marlowe, Michael Hatch, Masam Holden, Kelly Pendygraft, Jennifer Woods, Alana Ball, Russell George, Ralph Conlee, Billy Tencza, Hailey Knight, Nicky Roos, Zane Rice, Kassie Pinegar, Daya Fernandez, Michael Jaroscak, Nigel Miguel, Samantha Ray, Nicole Spector, Leslie David Baker
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
My Review
I had resisted watching this movie for several years because of the mediocre reviews. Boy, was that a mistake! I enjoyed the hell out of this movie. I can’t remember seeing a movie quite like this one. It is very much an indie black comedy that has a touch of absurdist fantasy, but wrapped inside of a Hallmark movie. What other movie can say that? The one thing that it isn’t is a rom-com, and I suspect that is why so many people didn’t “get” the movie. Dunst and Bloom are perfectly cast, and more importantly, are pitch-perfect in their roles. Despite the backdrop (the death of the family member, although nobody is sad about it), the movie is filled to the brim with hope. Normally we only see this out of one main character – I can’t ever recall seeing it out of both. Of course, none of this works without the dance that goes on between the two leads. They aren’t together, but they (and the audience) know the truth.
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My Review - 8.5/10
8.5/10