Garden State

Sleepwalking

This weekend I picked up the DVD "Garden State". The film features pleasant quirky characters, has a real sense of humor, affection for its title location and a romance that feels sweet and comfortable.

During the four days that occur in the film, Andrew, the main character, is being thrown out of his complacent medicated state, literally and metaphorically - his dead end job at a Restaurant and his futile pursuit of a real acting job. At the end of the movie, he's only just beginning to deal with how to live his life and create his own destiny.

The movie has a true message for anyone who feels like they've been sleepwalking through life. I might have been in a similar state in my late twenties and early thirties so maybe that's why I can identify with this feel good movie. That and the great soundtrack.