Movie #251........................."Shrink"

Movie #251 "Shrink" is still another film about grief ---- a psychiatrist is trying to dole out help to others when he is grief stricken himself over a death in his family. He's numb and moves around his house as if he's not even there ---- he half listens to his patients, he drinks, smokes, takes drugs..........this is not a happy film. but then............he comes across someone, a young girl, who has the same kind of grief, and then the film starts to get a bit more upbeat. Otherwise, for most of this, it's very sad and dark. It's a tough watch, but Kevin Spacey, as usual, is terrific as this damaged "shrink" whose life has shrunk to almost nothing and he know he should cope, and he probably knows how (because he's taken people through it so many times) but does he want to? Is he willing to take his own advice?





Average rating: 3.421
I gave it 3 stars
Shrink
(2009) R
In the wake of a personal tragedy, Hollywood's psychiatrist to the stars (Kevin Spacey) devolves into a slovenly pothead and worries he's become incapable of helping his patients in this sharp indie drama that premiered at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival. Saffron Burrows, Robin Williams, Jack Huston, Griffin Dunne, Gore Vidal, Robert Loggia, Dallas Roberts and Mark Webber co-star as the shrink's diverse brood of showbiz clientele.