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Elizabethtown

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Romantic comedy drama starring Orlando Bloom and Kirsten Dunst. Shoe designer Drew Baylor is pushed to the brink of suicide after one of his creations loses his employer a billion dollars. But Drew's plans are put on hold by a telephone call informing him that his father has died in Kentucky. On the plane to go and collect the body, Drew meets an air stewardess who recognises his pain and decides to help him come to terms with it.

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A star rating of 2 out of 5.

Sloan Freer

There's a fine line between heart-warming and syrupy, but in the likes of Almost Famous and Jerry Maguire, writer/director Cameron Crowe maintained the balance beautifully. Sadly such equilibrium is largely absent from this mawkish romantic comedy - a messy yarn in which Orlando Bloom's failed and suicidal shoe designer is taught to live again by the kooky air stewardess (Kirsten Dunst) he meets while flying to Kentucky to collect his dead father's body. An overlong lesson in love, loss and fear-management, the film preaches a message of emotional honesty yet its execution is often too contrived to swallow. Despite charming lead performances, the duo's actual relationship seems manufactured, while a clutter of amusingly quirky supporting characters do little to focus the increasingly meandering plot. Where the feature shines is in its humorous depiction of small-town life, offering genuine affection and poignancy to counteract the dollops of manipulative schmaltz.

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6.3/10

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Cast

rolenameDrew BaylorOrlando BloomClaire ColburnKirsten DunstHollie BaylorSusan SarandonPhil DeVossAlec BaldwinBill BanyonBruce McGillHeather BaylorJudy GreerEllen KishmoreJessica BielJessie BaylorPaul Schneider (2)Uncle DaleLoudon Wainwright IIIAunt DoraPaula Deen

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rolenameDirectorCameron Crowe

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Theatrical distributor

UIP

Released on

2005-11-04

Languages

English

Guidance

Edited for language and violence.

Available on

DVD

Formats

Colour

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