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| SHRINK |
Year: 2009
USA: Roadside Attractions
UK: Lionsgate
Cast: Kevin Spacey, Robert Loggia, Pell James, Keke Palmer, Griffin
Dunne, Saffron Burrows, Jack Huston, Dallas Roberts, Gore Vidal, Laura
Ramsey, Mark Webber, Jesse Plemons, Joel Gretsch
Director: Jonas Pate
Country: USA
USA & UK: 104 mins
USA Rated: R for drug content throughout, and pervasive language
including some sexual references
UK Certificate: 15 contains very strong language, frequent drug use
and strong sex references
USA Release Date: 24 July 2009 (Limited Release - New York and Los
Angeles)
UK Release Date: 4 June 2010 (Limited Release)
UK DVD Release Date: 26 July 2010
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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 exposé of the “other”
Hollywood, featuring folks living outside their comfort zone and the
people who put them there. Henry
Carter (Kevin Spacey) is a psychiatrist with an A-list clientele,
including a once-famous actress (Saffron Burrows), an insecure young
writer (Mark Webber), and a comically obsessive-compulsive super agent
(Dallas Roberts). Henry is not in a good place, however. He has been asked
to take his first pro bono case, a troubled teenage girl from a
neighbourhood far from the Hollywood hills. Considering his present state
of mind, is he ready for the real-life troubles of a young woman who loves
the world of movies he has become so jaded by?
At its core, SHRINK is a study of control and our endless need for it,
even when it grows increasingly impossible to obtain. Writer Thomas
Moffett uses classic archetypes in this modern Hollywood tale, but never
pushes them over the edge of credibility. Performed by a well-matched cast
at the top of their form, the result is both satisfying and exhilarating.
Watching SHRINK makes us feel like voyeurs looking through a window into
the lives of people who look great, feel worse, and end up behaving badly.
A tart, funny, and uplifting drama about the courage it takes to achieve
happiness, SHRINK stars Kevin Spacey, Robert Loggia, Pell James, Keke
Palmer, Griffin Dunne, Saffron Burrows, Jack Huston, Dallas Roberts, Gore
Vidal, Laura Ramsey, Mark Webber, Jesse Plemons, Joel Gretsch. It is
directed by Jonas Pate (DECEIVER), written by Thomas Moffett, and produced
by Michael Burns, Braxton Pope, and Dana Brunetti.
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