Shrink (2009)

Genre: Drama/Comedy

Starring: Kevin Spacey, Saffron Burrows, Jack Huston, Pell James, Keke Palmer, Jesse Plemons, Dallas Roberts, Mark Webber, Robbin Williams

A celebrated L.A. psychotherapist, Dr. Henry Carter (Spacey) has a long list of celebrities as his clients that talk to him about the crisis in their lives. Henry became famous after writing a self-help book and has earned a reputation for himself. However, Henry is still reeling under a crisis of his own which has taken him to smoking marijuana every now and then and drinking himself to sleep. Patrick (Roberts) is a film-maker who is narcissistic and an extreme level of germ phobia. Jack (Williams) is a veteran actor who is addicted to sex, something which he agrees to, and addicted to alcohol, something which he does not agree to. Kate (Burrows) is an actress in her mid-thirties whose rock star husband is extremely self-centered and is cheating on her. Jemma (Palmer) is a teenager from a not-so affluent family who has been referred to Henry by his father. Jeremy (Webber) is a lose friend of Henry's who has been struggling to write a good movie script for a very long time. All these stories constantly cross with each other and the movie wonderfully displays the issues of influential L.A. residents. Sadly, the movie simply focuses on the lives of Henry's patients and does not explore too much beyond it. The culmination is a nice happy feeling where everyone goes home satisfied, far too predictable for a movie of it's sorts. A very interesting movie with a simple story.

Thumbs up: Good inter-twining of stories

Thumbs down: Climax could have been better

Rating: 7.2/10