This is the film that sparked the term "manic pixie dream girl", and that makes a lot of sense.
Kirsten Dunst is one of my favorites, but I have trouble getting behind this one. It feels like two movies smushed together, one is a love story, and the other is all the family pieces. A lot of things happen that don't really make sense. How does a new shoe trigger a billion dollar loss? Did Claire quit her job immediately? What is happening here?
I'm still giving it three stars for Kirsten Dunst and for the suicide bike and for the vibe of the early 2000s.
Elizabethtown
It's a heck of a place to find yourself
Rating
3.0 (1)
Release Date
10/14/2005Runtime
123 minsOverview
Drew Baylor is fired after causing his shoe company to lose hundreds of millions of dollars. To make matters worse, he's also dumped by his girlfriend. On the verge of ending it all, Drew gets a new lease on life when he returns to his family's small Kentucky hometown after his father dies. Along the way, he meets a flight attendant with whom he falls in love.
Status
ReleasedOriginal Language
EnglishBudget
$57,000,000Revenue
$52,200,000Homepage
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How It Feels
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A gentle excavation of how hitting bottom, through professional failure and personal loss, can crack open space for connection and self-discovery. Warm-hearted and meditative, with romantic possibility threading through genuine sadness.
Mood
MelancholicBittersweetHopefulRomantic
Themes
GriefRedemptionComing of ageFamilyLove
Tone
Earnest
Pacing
Slow-burn
Look
NaturalisticPainterly
Structure
Linear
Heads up
Suicide and self-harm
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