Shrink (2009)
Storyline
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.
Directors
Cast
Kevin Spacey, Jillian Armenante, Robin Williams, Jesse Plemons, Mark Webber, Keke Palmer, Jack Huston, Pell James, Meiling Melançon, Dallas Roberts, Robert Loggia, Clayton Rohner, Ken Weiler, Joel Gretsch, Aimee Garcia, Justin Alston, Philip Pavel, Robert Farrior, Branden Morgan, Brian Huskey, Thomas Moffett, Joe Nieves, Bobby Arnot, Mina Olivera, Gore Vidal, Daniel Joseph
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Reviews
63
Grief and suicide seem unlikely subjects for a comedy. But Shrink tries gamely to mine edgy humor from the darkest places. Sometimes it works. Other times, its Hollywood-centric focus feels like a re-heated cinemash of "The Wackness," "Crash" and "The Player."
60
Variety
The film may be too inside-baseball, with strained sympathy and contrived emotions.
60
Shrink offers a roster of wonderfully eccentric characterizations, shoehorned into a dramatic structure that's just a little too formulaic.
50
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.
50
These characters are mostly too sketchy and their connections too contrived for Shrink to jell as an incisive ensemble piece.
