Elizabethtown, is about a young man named Drew Baylor, who just lost a lot of money working on a new shoe for his company and now he is very depressed and suicidal. To make things worse Drew then gets a phone call from his sister Heather, telling him that their father has died. Drew's father was out visiting relatives in the South, when he had a heart attack so Heather, and Drew's mother Hollie send him to go and meet with the other side of the family and bring his father home to prepare for a funeral. On the plane ride to see his relatives Drew meets an airline stewardess named Claire Colburn, who sits and talks to Drew, seeing as they are the only two people on the back of the plane. When Drew lands he goes to meet the eccentric other side of his family and before he last left Claire, she gave him her phone number so he phones her and they start to become quite close. Drew still being depressed and Claire being the jolly person she is go well together and soon start to form a good relationship. Also while down in the South, with his family he doesn't know all too well Drew starts to find out more about himself and goes on a journey to find himself and answer his own questions. Elizabethtown. Has good direction, a good script, good comedic performances by the whole cast including Orlando Bloom as Drew and Kirsten Dunst as Claire, good original music (which is done by writer and director Cameron Crowe's wife Nancy Wilson, who used to be in the band Heart) and good cinematography. To my surprise Elizabethtown, was quite offbeat and quirky and I liked that. I also liked the different kinds of characters in this film and we have many different types of characters. I also liked the chemistry and relationship between Drew and Claire and thought that they had a good screen presence with one another. The film has some good dialogue and writing and overall is a fun and sweet film that is a little odd and quirky but I liked it for that. Some may not like the film because it doesn't have a whole lot going on and that personally didn't bother me. The only flaws I had with the film was that the last ten minutes really seemed to go on and on and I think it maybe could have ended a little sooner. The ending of the film (without giving too much away) was also a little too far fetched and unbelievable in some ways for me. Still, I enjoyed the many different characters and dialogue in this film and it is a harmless and sweet movie and I enjoyed it.
Review of Elizabethtown
