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Shrink

2009

Jonas Pate

Kevin Spacey, Dallas Roberts, Keke Palmer, Jack Huston ...

5.7

1,472

Drama Unable to cope with a recent personal tragedy, LA's top celebrity shrink turns into a pothead with no concern for his appearance and a creeping sense of his inability to help his patients.

	Author	Review
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"Working within the range we frequently find him, Kevin Spacey is a master (...) That said, 'Shrink' contains ideas for a film, but no emotional center (…) Rating: ★★½ (out of 4)"	NEU
United States	Stephen Holden The New York Times	"These characters are mostly too sketchy and their connections too contrived for 'Shrink' to jell as an incisive ensemble piece"	NEG
United States	Kirk Honeycutt The Hollywood Reporter	"You do wish Pate and writer Thomas Moffett had gone for more wit given the outlandishness of the melodrama since it would be more fun to laugh at this than take it seriously"	NEU
United States	Nathan Rabin AV Club	"Flashy, phony, nakedly melodramatic, and full of big actorly moments disconnected from real life"	NEG
United States	John Anderson Variety	"Spacey is solid, sympathetic and has an ennui-ridden detachment to his affluent patients’ problems. But the film may be too inside-baseball, with strained sympathy and contrived emotions"	NEU

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