Friday, February 4, 2011

Country Strong: Hot mess

I like Gweneth Paltrow. I like musicals. I even like country music. However, I do not like bad stories. While I did not find the acting bad in this movie, I found the script to be terrible... similar to watching a dramatization in an infomercial: like, someone who can't chop onions with a regular knife. It took an alcoholic's journey back to normalcy (which can be interesting enough on its own) and complicated it with ridiculous relationships of love, lust, and glory. Building drama into an already dramatic story rarely is done right... it just comes off overly dramatic. I don't like it in people and I definitely don't like it in films.
Verdict: Wait for Network (Only if it's free)

1 comment:

  1. As requested ...

    Country Strong? More like Country WRONG.

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