Lauren: Elizabethtown is inferior to this film in just about every aspect I can think of. It isn’t as funny. The tunes aren’t as good. The casting doesn’t work. Huge portions don’t make sense, perhaps due to the massive editing job the movie underwent at the last minute. Finally, Zach Braff understood New Jersey a lot better than Cameron Crowe understood the South. So I guess we disagree. I dig your hyphenation though.

Fletch: I saw Shattered Glass but have forgotten all of it. I vaguely remember Saarsgard in Kinsey, but here he got a role that called for him to step into the limelight. He was flagrant, funny, threatening and sincere in a tremendous performance.

More than that, though, just as the characters were feeling, the movie felt like home to me. I’m not from Jersey or on any medication, but the interaction between Large and his friends/parents felt so true.

And I echo the love for Saarsgard – he’s criminally underused and I sing his praises whenever possible. If you like him and haven’t seen Shattered Glass, get on it.

Chicken Lady: I still haven’t watched Pretty In Pink. I saw all the ones John Hughes actually directed, I think that excuses me. Obviously we agree here because I’m the one who talked you into seeing this. Thanks for commenting!

Rachel: I can’t argue that this movie had a lot of passionate viewer hype behind it. It’s too bad that got in your way here. I see a day when we will join voices and both agree that a movie is good. Thanks for inspiring me to keep this dream going!