Shrink (2009)

Hollywood shrink Dr. Henry Carter (Kevin Spacey) is a weed-smoking drunk at home since his wife's suicide. His clients are self-obsessed with various problem in the entertainment industry. His psychiatrist father (Robert Loggia) refers troubled student Jemma (Keke Palmer) to him. Jesus (Jesse Plemons) is his drug dealer.All these Hollywood stereotypes with their problems are really tiresome. The only interesting characters are Spacey and Palmer but only when they're together. They are an electric duo. Everything else is a horribly boring drag. I couldn't care less about his patients or his family or his friends or his dealer or him talking to anybody other than Palmer. So I only found this movie compelling for about fifteen minutes in total.

There are some different kind of movies who touches your heart, this is one of them.While I was watching it I see some pieces of myself out there. Im interesting in psychology too, so if u like psychology this is a "must see movie" for you.On the other hand Kevin Spacey is great as always he do. Cast is perfect. You can easily watch it without bored till the end even if you have no info about psychology stuff cos its nearly real life.You gonna see how a beautiful young girl turns on a star and the other things. There is no nudity so you can watch it with all your family and this movie comes with cool ideas for young people especially having trouble with school.If you are in depressive condition or just not feel happy for a long time, maybe this movie gonna be a good choice for you.

Kevin Spacey is the "Shrink", a pot-smoking, dejected L.A. therapist. Celebrities walk in and out of his office, leaving him even less caring. There is a fair amount of humour in the dialogue making all of the lonely, despondent people not quite as sad as they otherwise would be.The plot should develop when he meets Jemma (Keke Palmer) a downcast teenager. She's the one that seems to tie in all the characters; the suffering screenwriter, the delusional executive, the pregnant assistant, the ageing actress, and the womanizing, alcoholic Robin Williams (I think he probably is playing his real self). It's an ensemble film with interweaving characters, but not much happens.It gets interesting at the end, but they don't take the potential amusing conflicts anywhere, just giving the characters happier resolutions. "Shrink" is a well written, well made film, but the plot is replaced with depressed characters searching for just a little bit of meaning which the film is actually able to supply.

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.