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Zach Braff is genius... "Garden State" is just a great movie; the actors all play their parts well and their characters are very recognizable, the story moves a slow pace but is interesting nonetheless, and the direction is flawless. Zach Braff's character Andrew was very easy for me to relate to. No, my mother did not die in a bathtub nor was I ever sent off to boarding school as a teen, but I see many of his personality traits in myself. I know several people similar to Mark, played by Peter Sarsgaard, and have met a few cool yet kind of strange girls such as Sam, played by Natalie Portman. The movie does a fine job of combining drama, comedy, and romance without going too over the top. Zach Braff, the writer, director, and star of "Garden State" truly is a multi-talented man and he really shines here.