Delivering a quirky spin on familiar twentysomething tropes -- with a cannily-placed soundtrack -- Garden State has enough charm to mark a winning debut for first-time director Zach Braff.
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Movie Info
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Director -
Zach Braff -
Producer -
Pamela Abdy , Richard Klubeck , Gary Gilbert , Dan Halsted -
Screenwriter -
Zach Braff -
Distributor -
Fox -
Production Co -
Jersey Films , Large's Ark Productions , Camelot Pictures -
Rating -
R (Language|Drug Use|Scenes of Sexuality) -
Genre -
Comedy -
Original Language -
English -
Release Date (Theaters) -
Jan 16, 2004, Original -
Release Date (Streaming) -
Nov 25, 2015 -
Box Office (Gross USA) -
$26.8M -
Runtime -
1h 49m -
Sound Mix -
Surround , Dolby Digital