Shrink

  • 2009


MOVIE IS fascinating emotional miserable shadowy disappointing
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43 %
27 % Rotten
$ 0 Million
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Positive Reviews 12
Negative reviews 17
Average Rating 2.4/5
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2.2
It soon becomes apparent that Shrink is exactly like virtually all post American Beauty vehicles: flashy, phony, nakedly melodramatic, and full of big .. Av Club
2.2
It wants to be Good Will Hunting set in the land of Entourage, but its bummed out touchy feeliness is every bit as concocted as its overly jaded showb .. EW
3.1
good, but the film doesnt find an emotional center, and were left with actors acting out. Rogerebert
1.9
Though it never rains frogs in Shrink, the influence of Magnolia on this sprawling portrait of West L.A.s rich and miserable couldnt be more pronounce ..
1.5
Shrink is no worse than the average Hollywood comedy. But it shows, more obviously than most, the bankruptcy of standard issue American pop narrative, ..
3.1
Only later did I remember Lemmons significance to Spacey as mentor and muse; theres a cellular kinship between them, a gift for sharp edged American d .. San Francisco Chronicle
4.0
Sharp and edgy but with a touching warmth, this satire piques the heart as well as the funny bone.
2.0
Jonas Pates derivative L.A. indie brings few fresh revelations, but it does offer this insight: There is no more juice left in the strangers connected .. Ny Daily News
2.5
No one knows why bad things happen to good people. But we do know why bad things happen to good film ideas. They get ruined by poor scripts and indiff .. The Globe And Mail
2.5
Its almost farcical, and at some point, Judd Apatow is going to make one of these movies as a comedy, the way he skewered the musical biopic with Dewe .. Philly
2.2
Almost everyones miserable in Shrink but nobody more so than a person unlucky enough to be watching it. One Guys Opinion
0.5
Man is born unto trouble as the sparks fly upward, and when those sparks emanate from a doobie clutched by Kevin Spacey, a smug critique of the Americ .. Chicago Reader
3.8
Director Brian Herzlinger has infused Baby on Board with a low rent atmosphere thats exacerbated by the screenplays frustratingly plotless sensibiliti .. Reel Film Reviews
2.0
Though it dwells on the seamier side of showbiz a seedy, pill popping actor and a slutty casting couch actress turn up in subplots it ultimately buys .. Radio Times
3.5
The wide variety of characters and side stories weave together to paint a fascinating but heavy handed portrait of Western society in which people can .. Shadows On The Wall
2.0
As all of Shrinks seemingly disparate stories begin to fall too cleverly into each other, its easy to be distracted by some fine performances. Pop Matters
2.5
Henry virtually chain smokes weed when hes not neglecting his self absorbed patients, who include an aging shes past 30 actress (Saffron Burrows), a p .. New York Post
1.3
Yet Spacey is an instinctive enough actor to make it seem like hes made it all up. Boston
2.5
More than anything else, this confused, disappointing melodrama suggests its time to call a moratorium on movies dealing with Hollywood, L.A. as a spr .. Emanuellevy
0.5
Not since The Informers, based catatonically on the idiotic Bret Easton Ellis book, has the screen unleashed a Hollywood abortion as dismal and dead o .. Observer
3.0
Shrink neatly intertwines the lives of the leading characters in a manner reminiscent of Robert Altmans Short Cuts but without that films haunting poi .. Express
3.1
The coincidences here are at times beyond description, the last few minutes in particular offering up a whole slew of whoppers that had me unintention .. Movie Freak
1.3
Full of fake moments and Deep Thoughts sentiment. Its the kind of film in which people stare regretfully into mirrors a lot. Nj
4.5
The movie doesnt get truly weird, though, until the Power Ranger style superheroes show up, and the special effects get even more low rent. Oregon Live
2.5
A tart drama that probes and exposes shadowy entrails of the glamor capital but illuminating depth is not its most therapeutic effect. Varia Gate
4.5
Though a little too interconnected when it comes to narrative coincidences, the emotional intensity laced with deliciously dark humor and nasty neo sc .. News Blaze
2.8
Writer/director John Hindman simply doesnt allow for Arlens character to change organically or believably for that matter. Nyc Movie Guru
1.5
Throw it in the shark tank with Crash, Grand Canyon, Magnolia, etc. East Bay Express
2.0
Never mind the crazy cast; this weary retread of trendy multicharacter melodramas is whats really unhinged. New York Time Out
1.5
Shrink has fine acting, intriguing characters and moments of humor and pathos, but I left the theater feeling a bit cheated. Vulture
1.5
Coincidenceville would have been a better title for Shrink, the film in which psychiatrist Henry Carter (Kevin Spacey) and a handful of Los Angelinos .. Ny Press
0.5
Its another Los Angeles movie that is alternately self congratulatory and self pitying... MSN Movies
3.8
Spacey is mesmerizing as the compassion fatigued Carter. The pain and anger of his character are palpable, as is his heart wrenching frustration. Movie Mom
3.0
The film, expertly played by actors who look as if they know exactly what they are talking about, is a bit like a voyeurs view of the Hollywood we onl .. This Is London
2.5
Ultimately too cautious for even a Valley of the Dolls insider expose. It lambasts these walking movie biz clichs, but everyones gotta get a happy eno .. Ie Weekly



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