Garden State (2004)

Garden State poster

Camelot Pictures
Starring:
 Zach Braff, Jean Smart, Peter Sarsgaard
Directed by: Zach Braff

Cat Out of the Bag Alert!  This review contains some spoilers for this film!

Synopsis: Andrew Largeman (Zach Braff) returns to his hometown after a lengthy absence to attend his mother’s funeral and finds himself dealing with cathartic issues.

Kitty Cameos: One scene takes place the day after a party when Andrew is at his friend Mark’s (Peter Sarsgaard) house sitting on a couch with Mark and his mother, Carol (Jean Smart).  Both Andrew and Carol have cats on their lap which they pet throughout the scene.

Garden State - grey and black cats on lap of Andrew Zach Braff and Carol Jean Smart on couch with Mark Peter Sarsgaard

Garden State - grey and black cats on lap of Andrew Zach Braff and Carol Jean Smart on couch

Actor / director Zach Braff explained in the DVD commentary track how the “rent-a-cats” were trained to just lie there and tolerate anything.

Garden State - grey cat on lap of Andrew Zach Braff with Mark Peter Sarsgaard

Garden State - grey cat on couch with Mark Peter Sarsgaard

Final Mewsings: Cat actors are trained to ignore bong smoke.


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