Line #4 YMMV/GardenState


1	* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: The film's soundtrack, consisting of songs handpicked by Braff, has grown arguably as popular as the film itself. It sold over 1 million copies, won a UsefulNotes/GrammyAward[[note]]For Best Compilation Soundtrack Album for Motion Pictures, Television or Other Visual Media[[/note]], [[ColbertBump provided a breakthrough]] for the then-otherwise-obscure indie band Music/TheShins, and has since been considered a perfect capsule of early-to-mid-2000s indie music by many.
2	* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: A particularly jarring one occurs when Andrew sees Mark ''stealing jewelry from a casket'' while they're hanging out at the cemetery. Andrew barely reacts, Jesse doesn't notice (or care), and Mark never faces any consequences.
3	** Alternatively, this is a ChekhovsGun for their Wild goose chase at the end of the movie.
4	* CondemnedByHistory: Much like ''Film/AmericanBeauty'', the film was widely acclaimed and beloved when it came out in 2004 (even reaching 393 on ''Empire'''s 500 Greatest Movies of All Time), but opinions of it quickly soured over time, with many viewers now actually embarrassed to admit they loved the movie in the first place. New criticisms of the movie include viewing the protagonist as [[{{Wangst}} whiny]], [[UnintentionallyUnsympathetic unsympathetic]], and [[DullSurprise dull]]; the handling of its themes as flawed and even pretentious (especially with increasingly nuanced and sensitive portrayals of mental health in TheNewTens); and Sam being a [[FlatCharacter one-dimensional]] (and, to some, annoying) ManicPixieDreamGirl character. The primary thing most people can agree stood the test of time was [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic the soundtrack]].
5	* CultClassic: One of the definitive indie movies of the 2000s, with a small but incredibly devoted fanbase to boot.
6	* FridgeBrilliance: Sam's house is a bit of a mess, but you still wonder why there are spots all over the TV, until you realize that Tetembe was dusting for fingerprints moments earlier.
7	* HeartwarmingInHindsight: Sam claiming that listening to Music/TheShins will "change your life" becomes this when one realizes how the movie [[ColbertBump brought the band into the spotlight for quite some time]], doubling the amount of their albums sold and even allowing them to extend their tour.
8	* HilariousInHindsight:
9	** Creator/JimParsons plays a young lover of Mark's mother, who shows off by speaking Klingon, a full two years before his casting as Sheldon in ''Series/TheBigBangTheory''.
10	** [[Film/{{Jackie}} This wouldn't be the last film]] where Creator/NataliePortman and Creator/PeterSarsgaard would star in the same film together.
11	* ItsPopularNowItSucks: How many people nowadays will admit they ''loved'' this movie when it first came out? Not many. But they did.
12	* MemeticMutation: The "New Slang" scene gained a bit of a following with people swapping out Sam's "life-changing" song for something more absurd.
13	* NeverLiveItDown: Since its release, the movie is most known for having one of the most unapologetic uses of the ManicPixieDreamGirl trope in movie history. Every discussion of the trope brings up Sam from this movie at some point.
14	* SignatureScene:
15	** As mentioned above in MemeticMutation, the "New Slang" scene.
16	** Andrew's shirt [[WallpaperCamouflage blending into the wallpaper behind him]] became one of the most famous images from the film.
17	** The scene of Andrew, Sam, and Mark screaming into the abyss, even being used on the poster.
18	* SoOkayItsAverage: Those who aren't embarrassed to admit their love for the movie when it was initially released now tend to view it as an okay film at best.
19	* SpiritualSuccessor: If ''Garden State'' went one state over, it would be called ''Film/{{Adventureland}}''.

Context YMMV / GardenState