PG 13. Thank god for a big soundtrack, given the story’s tendency to fall through the cracks at almost every levels. Director Cameron Crowe leaves his “Vanilla Sky” days behind and goes back to romantic comedy roots (“Jerry Maguire”) in a story of a Drew (Orlando Bloom) an executive shoe editor, who learns his distant father has just died. En route back to Elizabethtown, he meets a quirky stewardess (Kirsten Dunst) who looks glowing and adorable, but perpetually shows up at the most inappropriate times, leaving one to wonder…. Is this a love story trying a twist with a funeral? Or is this a man trying to understand his family and falls in love? Bloom’s mother is portrayed with perfection by Susan Sarandon, while Judy Greer plays a good hyper sister. If you want a better funeral love story, Zach Braff’s indie hit “Garden State” beat this to the screen and to the punch, about two years ago. Two tiaras.
