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Elizabethtown (2005)

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Release Date: October 14, 2005
On DVD: February 7, 2006
Genre: Romance, Drama, Comedy
Running Time: 123 minutes
MPAA Rating: Rated PG-13 for language and some sexual references.
Director: Cameron Crowe
Writer: Cameron Crowe
Cast: Kirsten Dunst, Orlando Bloom, Susan Sarandon, Alec Baldwin, Judy Greer, Jessica Biel, Loudon Wainwright III, Paula Dean, Paul Schneider, Bruce McGill, Gaillard Sartain

A love letter to the resilience of the life force, "Elizabethtown" is a story of an unexpected romance that develops against the backdrop of a Kentucky patriarch's hilariously elaborate memorial. Read more

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Grade: B- Cameron Crowe hasn't done many movies in his career, but almost all of them are noteworthy. From "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" (which he wrote but did not direct) to "Jerry Maguire" to "Almost Famous," his movies are undeniable classics in some sense or another, which means that expectations were running high for "Elizabethtown." Unfortunately, "Elizabethtown" failed both commercially and critically, but a critical failure for Crowe meant it "isn't as good as his other films." If you go to Rottentomatoes.com and read the negative reviews, most of them would leave a lesser-known director happy. It's not that "Elizabethtown" is bad; it's just that it never ascends to the place where most of Crowe's other works exist. Read the full movie review

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oops! orlando., by Crystal Pratt

November 5, 2005

Wow... Now that I actually saw this movie I've got to say I'm disappointed in Orlando. This movie was so depressing. I mean Orlando actually tried to kill himself that really sucked. I'm sorry but who tries to kill themselves over shoes? No offense to my Orlando. But it was alright. Now I would give it a C- or a C no offense Orlando. He was a good Actor as usual and sexy but it was just depressing is all.

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