On the basis that it behoves all of us to keep a little nugget of our 15-year-old selves locked up in our breasts, I'm going to say this is a loveable film and that you should all go and see it to awake your inner adolescent.

| Dec 20, 2017

Braff captures the specific, self-involved ennui of the aimless 20-something, and he doesn't do it from a point of smug detachment.

| Jun 21, 2016

Full Review | Original Score: A | Nov 7, 2011

Smart drama for mature older teens and up.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 24, 2010

Feels too piecemeal and ultimately inconsequential to grab the public where it counts.

Full Review | Mar 26, 2009

This is a movie where 'sensitivity' and 'sincerity' are signposted by songs by Paul Simon and Nick Drake, which I guess says it all.

| Feb 9, 2006

One of the best directorial debuts in recent memory.

| Original Score: 4/5 | May 4, 2005

Boasts a sweet, moody rhythm.

| May 3, 2005

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 7, 2005

A witty, wacky, and wonderful trip through the minefield of being twenty-something.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 7, 2004

Mr. Braff, Ms. Portman, Mr. Sarsgaard and Mr. Holm never strike a false note as a remarkably coherent acting ensemble, and it is good to see Ron Leibman again in the small role of Doctor Cohen.

| Sep 10, 2004

Cleverly written, sensitively directed and very well-acted.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 20, 2004

A mash note to love that will speak to Generation Y as powerfully as The Graduate did to the Boomers nearly forty years ago.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 19, 2004

His movie is sweet-natured and skillful, but its biggest problem is perhaps one Braff wasn't prepared to deal with: his own performance -- or, more accurately, the decision to place a deliberately flat performance at the film's heart.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Aug 13, 2004

The best parts of this droll, quietly witty drama have the ring of truth.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Aug 13, 2004

The kind of movie that reminds you why you love movies so much, a film so filled with unexpected energy and ambition and sly intelligence it gives you hope for the future.

Full Review | Original Score: A | Aug 13, 2004

Achingly alive, beautifully written first feature.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Aug 13, 2004

Sincere, funny and entertaining in a way that not only charms but disarms.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Aug 13, 2004

Braff's control of tone, his mastery of image, and feel for creating moments of moments of great sweetness and insight are the qualities of a great film-maker.

Full Review | Original Score: B+ | Aug 13, 2004

This comedy works so diligently at being idiosyncratic, it comes off as artificial and forced.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 12, 2004