Shrink

The plot is simple and well tried - a group of seemingly unconnected people become connected for good or for bad by means of a common denominator - in this case Kevin Spacey, who is a 'Shrink to the Stars'; but... Full review

At least a movie who is different... 1h40 of feelings, good or bad, with great acting... This movie reminds me about Lost in Translation, where the story line was just here to create an atmosphere and a very special mood... The... Full review

I saw this film twice. Oddly enough, each time i was able to pick up something else. Perhaps the most important thing that left a big imprint was closure and how it can be achieved, sometimes with the help of others,... Full review

This film is about a psychiatrist who fell into a mess of drug addiction and emotional turmoil after his wife's death. "Shrink" could have been interesting, as it chronicles the healer's life being wounded. Acting is good, sets are nice and... Full review

...And the deal is not even about Kevin Spacey, whose acting always touches me very deeply. The point is about the mood that is so well transmitted through the common screen glass. No thrilling plot twists but very gentle reflection of... Full review

thank you for making, beautiful movies like this one, movies that have a message, that can teach you. it has been some time that i saw a movie like this one. i think this is all i wanted to say, but... Full review

Kevin Spacey plays Henry Carter,a very famous and successful shrink,practicing in Hollywood, with a very extensive celebrity clientèle.With 2 self help books published,Carter seems to have it all figured it out but these days he's the one who needs help. Unable... Full review

This is one of those oddball films that despite the fact that it boasts a fine cast,it somehow manages to slip between the cracks (at least in distribution terms). Shrink concerns a cadre of Los Angelas head cases,searching for some kind... Full review

A Hollywood psychiatrist, Henry Carter, is in dire need of help himself. One wonders how this pot smoking therapist could even be treating patients that are really screwed up. Not only that, he has written a book that is a 'must... Full review

Unlike last year's similarly undercirculated film chronicling the interconnecting lives of several people in the Hollywood film biz, 'What Just Happened,' 'Shrink' succeeds in dismantling the barrier between characters and audiences. The film's main character, Doctor Henry Carter (Kevin Spacey), is... Full review

It's kind of depressing, actually..... ... Full Review

The film looks good and realistic.....The beginning of Shrink confused me....It's smart, funny....Shrink is a better movie than I thought I was sitting down to watch.....As if a so-so Superman movie, cruddy biopic, and stint in the theater took him away from "acting..... ... Full Review

A major highlight of this film is how almost-right it gets Hollywood, from the neurotic agents to the drunk actors, the sadly abused assistants....starving screenwriters to the fake interactions.....Even with such a promising cast, including the marvelous Keke Palmer , this story falls flat.....Shrink finds Kevin Spacey at his ultimate level of apathy, playing that droll pathetic character we've come to know and sigh with all too well..... ... Full Review

Dallas Roberts is particularly manic and fetching in his role --....That the movie business creates a lot of the characters' problems in Shrink.... ... Full Review

Where the drama succeeds, it succeeds as a portrait of suffering:....And there are a few fine moments of truth and pathos, most of them addressing a subset of grief often ignored on film.....Yet some of the humor is delicious..... ... Full Review

Two-time Academy Award winner Kevin Spacey stars in Shrink , a sharp-witted and uplifting film about the courage it takes to achieve happiness ... even in Hollywood. ... Full Article

Remember when Kevin Spacey was awesome? Distant seem the days when Spacey could steal a movie from Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman with just a few minutes of screen time ("Seven") or hoodwink the audience for the duration of a... ... Full Article

It seems reasonable to wonder, given the unflattering portrayal of Tinseltown in movies such as "Shrink," a film in which almost everyone, including the psychiatrist, needs therapy. ... Full Article

Shrink plays as a kind of All That Jazz meets Crash mashup, with Kevin Spacey doing the Bob Fosse "burning both ends" thing as a pop psychologist with an inability to heal himself. ... Full Article

I n case you haven't had your head shrunk enough by HBO's "In Treatment," see Kevin Spacey, back in "American Beauty" territory and smoking pot in the shower this time, in "Shrink." ... Full Article

We regular Joes and Janes can't feel the pain of people who are dissatisfied with an abundance of money, sex, fame and power. Give us some of that and we'll figure out a way to be happy! ... Full Article