A pity-party of Hollywood narcissism.
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07/30/09
Shrink (2009)
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Reviews Counted:47
Fresh:12
Rotten:35
Average Rating:4.5/10
Consensus: Kevin Spacey's performance is almost sharp enough to save Shrink, but in the end, he's dragged down by a cliched script and indifferent direction.
Runtime: 1 hr 50 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: What happens when the people we count on to hold us together...are barely holding it together themselves? Jonas Pate's Shrink is a striking, fast-paced expose of the "other" Hollywood, featuring... [More]
Starring: Kevin Spacey, Mark Webber, Keke Palmer, Saffron Burrows
Director: Jonas Pate
Reviews for Shrink
The script by Thomas Moffett slickly satirizes the movie industry's fascination with vampires and special effects without being especially compelling or original.
07/30/09
Third act brings lazy storytelling, both too clean and too cute. It'd have the pre-redemption Dr. Carter running for his stash.
07/30/09
This is a movie for people who thought Crash was wise and profound, most of whom probably live in L.A. and know everything they know about life from watching movies.
07/30/09
[Spacey's] good, but the film doesn't find an emotional center, and we're left with actors acting out.
07/30/09
Top CriticAlmost everyone's miserable in Shrink--but nobody more so than a person unlucky enough to be watching it.
07/28/09
I felt it felt forced from the first moment into the last moment.
07/27/09
A strong script from writer Thomas Moffett and stellar work from Spacey are what really make this movie work.
07/27/09
A mildly engaging ensemble drama with decent performances, but it suffers from an overstuffed, contrived and often tedious plot that fails to pack any palpable, emotional punches.
07/24/09
Director Jonas Pate and screenwriter Thomas Moffett have turned this strongly cast, potentially smart tale of personal intersection among a mostly rarefied group of Los Angelenos into an irritating and unconvincing slog.
07/24/09
Top CriticJonas Pate's derivative L.A. indie brings few fresh revelations, but it does offer this insight: There is no more juice left in the strangers-connected-by-coincidence story line.
07/24/09
Shrink starts promisingly, but Jonas Pate directs his fine cast straight into a swamp of schmaltz as every loose thread of plot gets patly resolved.
07/24/09
As many facile conclusions as moments of wry humor.
07/24/09
Like smog settling over Los Angeles, a creeping sense of anomie haunts the Hollywood power players and parasites sidling nervously through Shrink.
07/24/09
Top CriticUltimately too cautious for even a Valley of the Dolls insider expose. It lambasts these walking movie biz clichés, but everyone's gotta get a happy-enough ending.
07/23/09
Full of fake moments and 'Deep Thoughts' sentiment. It's the kind of film in which people stare regretfully into mirrors a lot.
07/23/09
Spacey gives his best performance since Swimming With Sharks, and Palmer, the young star of Akeelah and the Bee, has matured into an actress of depth and nuance.
07/23/09
It soon becomes apparent that Shrink is exactly like virtually all [Spacey's] post-American Beauty vehicles: flashy, phony, nakedly melodramatic, and full of big actorly moments disconnected from real life.
07/23/09
A tart drama that probes and exposes shadowy entrails of the glamor capital but illuminating depth is not its most therapeutic effect.
07/23/09
A depressing drama about a Hollywood shrink who has it all and is experiencing a crisis.
07/23/09
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