Platicsco Good story, Not enough for a whole film

Tayloriona Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

Fleur Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.

Billy Ollie Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

mellowinman I gave it a 7, just because it's not a big film; it's not an ambitious film; it's not a "perfect" film; it's just a great film.Kevin Spacey is fantastic. The writing is very good, and the direction is, well, different. I kept expecting it to disappoint me, and then it never really did. It's not for everybody.The reason I liked it so much is that I thought all the acting was so very good. I like to see actors give subtle performances, and I thought every single one of them did here. No one was anything less than fantastic.The film was touching, without being overly sentimental. I never felt manipulated by the filmmakers. I just felt like it got reinforced that we all have our flaws, and that we can overcome those flaws. It reminded me that people I might not like very much might have some good qualities, regardless of whether or not I approve of them.And it just made me think there is hope, and I can never give less than seven stars to a film that does that.

evil_lara Perhaps I should preface this review by pointing out that I can only imagine that I am the intended target audience for this film; a student studying psychology at university, a bit of a film fanatic, a fan on Kevin Spacy's work, with a penchant for films with a sad edge. However, I don't think any of that makes my opinion invalid on this matter and I genuinely believe this is an underrated film.Critics were rather harsh on this film, as shown by the 40 average on Metacritic; however I can't help but question reviews which claim that "The more Shrink tries to get you invested in the emotional turmoil of its characters, the more you want to reach into the screen and shake them and tell them to get over themselves." At no moment did I find myself telling a man who's wife commit suicide, who felt like a fraud in his work because he was meant to be leading others to happiness when he couldn't escape depression himself, to get over himself. Nor did I feel repulsed by a daughter's plight over her mother's suicide. Of course, not all the characters' problems were as serious as this, indeed one is not supposed to feel sorry for Jack Holden (Robin Williams) or Partick (Dallas Roberts), a fact that seems to be overlooked by venom filled reviewers who condemn this as a Hollywood 'pity party'.Ultimately, however, if you look past all the resent that seems to be associated with reviewing this film you just see a really good drama, with impressive performances from the cast in general and stand-outs from Kevin Spacey (Henry) and Sierra McClain (Jemma) as the aforementioned psychiatrist and school girl, respectively, as they attempt to overcome the sense of guilt and responsibility which they associate with their loved one's suicides. Yes, the ending is somewhat contrived and can be seen a mile off, but this is a genuinely satisfying drama with some great shots and a nice, understated, soundtrack.Certainly worth a watch.

christianvillagomez First of all I've been very aware of how critics gave this film lackluster reviews yet I beg to differ, and thankfully so do most people rating this on IMDb. It's essentially a Hollywood dramedy revolving around the couple of individual lives including Dr. Henry Carter played oh so charismatically and sharply by Kevin Spacey with many other characters such as Jeremy, an ongoing writer played by Mark Webber and Jemma: an emotionally struggling teenager girl played by the very identifiable star Keke Palmer. Be aware though, I watched this on T.V and was very close to passing this up due to it's not-so-appealing 2/4 star rating on Dish but I really felt like I needed to see this at least once due to its interesting premise and after watching it I was proud to say to myself that it exceeded beyond any short-term expectations I may have had for it at the moment. The most identifiable trait that really characterized it is that it may be just over an hour-and-a-half but it feels just over 2 hours, most people would assume that's a bad thing and would immediately go on to bash it for its slow pace, I prefer to call it STEADY pacing since the characterizations are done so right considering director Jonas Pate's very realistic and, should I say, very TRANQUIL style. You really hang on throughout this whole journey of a movie embracing what next step each of these people have to face in their lives and I couldn't help but feel satisfied by the end of the movie, which is indeed the sure plus way of knowing it was a good movie wait, change that: a fantastic movie.

DJAkin Shrink was a painful movie to watch. I am not a big fan of these Hollywood movies and there is no way I would want to live in that city. Kevin Spacy delivered the goods, don't get me wrong. However - there were far too many scenes where he was over acting and partying. What was the deal with Robin Williams basically being himself? This was a poor man's Magnolia. I could not suggest seeing this movie unless you want to watch countless scenes of the Hollywood scene. I really wanted to punch that agent in the face. He had a ton of money yet was so mean to everybody. Talk about somebody with bad OCD. That one scene where he almost had a heart attack when he caught that one guy going to the bathroom on the steps was out of the blue. Also, the guy who dealt weed to Kevin Spacy gave me the creeps. I want my two hours back.