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It's the possible romance with a vivacious young woman named Sam, who has her own issues, that could be the beginning of a way out of Andrew's pain, but he's fighting every step of the way, but eventually the true issues of Andrew's pain are peeled away like an onion and just when there seems to be ...

The film as a whole does tread into somewhat interesting territory as Braff's trip home forces him to confront a variety of problems both dormant and active, such as deep-seated psychological issues related to his mother, especially in regard to her life and death.

The appeal of this film is it's universality. The themes of family and home and parental relationships are something we all have to deal with, like it or not, or we stop growing.