MOVIE - Thanks for Sharing

R (1:52)

Limted release 9/20/2013 (TODAY!)  There were only 14 people at the 2:15 showing

RT Critic 52: Audience: 72

Cag:  5.5 - Gotta say that I really loved it

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.

MOVIE - Country Strong

Loved the music
Released 1-7-2011 (wide)
PG-13 (1:52)
Wed. 1-12-11 at Park Place with Terri
RT: 17% cag: 73%
Director: Shana Feste
Wyneth Paltrow, Tim McGraw

This is the story of a sad, country music legend who can no longer deal with her life without substance abuse. She's been in and out of rehab, but her estranged manager husband gets a comeback gig for her and she leaves too early. She seems smart and sassy, but she's riddled with demons. She's having an affair with a much younger guy.

As this is going on a hungry-for-the-fame, much younger, singer has been asked - by the husband - to open the big show. The story follows the relationship of the younger guy and the wanna-be singer as well.

The movie entertained me and pissed me off, too. The slap-in-the-face ending proved how messed up Paltrow's character was, but was disappointing nonetheless.