Elizabethtown

Like several other recent films, this Cameron Crowe film deals with the cultural divide separating urban and rural, East and West, the coast and the heartland with some subtlety and understanding | Andrew Coffin

Cameron Crowe's new semiautobiographical film, Elizabethtown (rated PG-13 for bad language and some sexual references), arrives in theaters somewhat crippled by poor festival reviews and a last-minute re-editing job.

Mr. Crowe's new cut is still kind of a mess. The plot veers wildly from quiet, understated moments to over-the-top scenes that verge on parody. But Mr. Crowe still manages to tell an idiosyncratic story that deals affectionately with characters often marginalized by Hollywood.

Orlando Bloom (Legolas from the Lord of the Rings movies) stars as Mr. Crowe's stand-in, high-flying sneaker designer Drew Baylor. More accurately, Drew is a formerly high-flying sneaker designer. As the film opens, his new shoe design has been recalled, the company losing nearly $1 billion in the process.

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October 29, 2005, Vol. 20, No. 42

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