I was not sure about what to expect from this film. I heard a lot of good stuff about it since it came out but I did not even know anything about the story. I finally decided to see it and despite having read all of those good reviews, the truth is that I was unable to connect with it. It let me always hoping to see something else and that does not happen. From the beginning the story gets stuck at the same place and what is certain is that there is not much resolution, besides the fact that it ends up with the same cliché ever, the typical romantic scene where love solves everything.

Written, directed and starring Zach Braff, here he plays a very reserved actor who returns to his homeland after many years to attend his mother's the funeral. Soon we realize that he is a little troubled and has many problems to solve with himself. Returning to his origins, he will try to understand why he is in a weak emotional state and also find that after all he was always stuck in the past and needs a change in his quiet life of a supposed film star in Los Angeles.

I never thought Natalie Portman would annoy me, I love seeing her act, but some of her scenes were really annoying to me! She did what she could with a very poor role. The same thing happened with Peter Sarsgaard, he had not much to get too. All characters needed more development and that decreased the film substantially.

The big problem I had with Garden State was the fact that I was never able to connect with it, it didn't felt real and some of the scenes were even a bit ridiculous. We reached the end with a feeling of emptiness, and it never gets to deliver what promises. Very disappointing.