R (1:52)
Limted release 9/20/2013 (TODAY!) There were only 14 people at the 2:15 showing
RT Critic 52:
Audience: 72
Directed by Stuart Blumberg
Lionsgate/Roadside Attractions
(Great music, too.)
Actors: Mark Ruffalo, Tim Robbins, Gwyneth Paltrow, Josh Gad, Pink
Rotten Tomatoes Summary: On the surface Adam (Ruffalo), an over-achieving environmental consultant, Mike (Robbins), a long-married small-business owner, and Neil (Gad), a wisecracking emergency-room doctor, have little in common. But all are in different stages of dealing with addiction. Confident and successful in his career, Adam is afraid to allow love back into his life, even if that means losing a chance to start over with smart, beautiful and accomplished Phoebe (Paltrow); Mike's efforts to control his wife, Katie(Richardson), and son, Danny (Fugit), as tightly as he does his impulses are tearing the family apart; and Neil is still deeply in denial when befriended by Dede (Moore), who has just begun to take her own small steps back to health.. As they navigate the rocky shores of recovery, Adam, Mike and Neil become a family that encourages, infuriates and applauds each other on the journey toward a new life.
My comments: This was really good and very moving. An addiction is an addiction, and sometimes we just consider someone addicted to sex as a pervert. If nothing else, this movie makes you think. And think. The actors were really, really good. Pop singer Alecia Moore and Broadway star Josh Gad, both unknowns to me, were terrific and put the .5 after the 5 in my rating.
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