Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Country Strong

Drama
4 stars
Another drunken Country singer movie. Gwyneth Paltrow stars as an alcoholic Country star whose husband, Tim McGraw, pushes her to get back on the road performing. Joining them on tour are delicious eye-candy Garrett Hedlund (Four Brothers) and the so-sweet-you’ll-want-to-vomit Leighton Meester (she’s supposed to be like that). Paltrow is good, though not to the caliber of Jeff Bridges, but the movie itself is much more enjoyable than the depressing Crazy Heart. I loved the Make-A-Wish scene and even though I’m no fan of Country music, the Musical performances were well done. But I kept wondering: How’d the baby bird fare? I thought it was supposed to be representational of Paltrow’s nurturing skills? Anyway, good movie.

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