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Alynda Wheat, People: VERY GOOD (cg) "We've seen this movie before, but that's not to say we shouldn't see it again.... as familiar as the movie feels, the point is that it feels quite deeply." (Read the full review...) 153 words, 01/06/11 Mary Pols, Time: WEAK "...unfortunately weak... neither Paltrow nor writer-director Shana Feste ever make us understand this troubled character in full..." (Read the full review...) 925 words, 01/07/11 Christy Lemire, Associated Press: MODERATE (cg) "...not rich enough, and its characters aren't developed enough, to be a searing drama or a portrait of artistic torment..." (Read the full review...) 767 words, 01/06/11 Lily Harrison, Us Weekly: MODERATE (cg) "...too bad the drama gets bogged down with trite histrionics.... Paltrow's singing voice? No bad notes, but her stage presence needs some work..." (Read the full review...) 73 words, 01/06/11 Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly: GOOD (NOT GREAT) (cg) "Scene for scene, it's not abysmally staged, but it's a cliché-ridden, heart-on-the-sleeve mess." (Read the full review...) 523 words, 01/07/11 Peter Travers, Rolling Stone: POOR (cg) "...laughably inauthentic... marshals clichés as if they were freshly minted.... dead on arrival." (Read the full review...) 358 words, 01/06/11 Claudia Puig, USA Today: GOOD (NOT GREAT) (cg) "...feels powerfully familiar..." (Read the full review...) 448 words, 12/22/10 Roger Ebert, RogerEbert.com: GOOD (NOT GREAT) (cg) "...one of the best movies of 1957, and I mean that sincerely as a compliment.... a throwback, a pure, heartfelt exercise in '50s social melodrama..." (Read the full review...) 874 words, 01/06/11 James Berardinelli, Reel Views: GOOD (NOT GREAT) (cg) "...surprisingly engaging... the character relationships contain aspects of complexity, and the ending does not give in to the temptation to be too facile." (Read the full review...) 764 words, 01/06/11
Manohla Dargis, New York Times: WEAK "...a runny-mascara melodrama about a country-western superstar warbling, weeping and wailing her way back from another stint in rehab to the glare of the stage." (Read the full review...) 865 words, 01/07/11 Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News: GOOD (NOT GREAT) (cg) "What saves 'Country Strong' from drowning in its own tears are the leads, all four of whom imbue Feste's unabashedly clichéd script with some genuine humanity." (Read the full review...) 336 words, 01/07/11 Betsy Sharkey, Los Angeles Times: FAIR "The story is an all-too-familiar one, that deadly cocktail of too much fame and too much drink for someone who's lost touch with who she really is anymore." (Read the full review...) 913 words, 12/22/10 Kyle Smith, New York Post: MODERATE (cg) "Patsy Cline. Loretta Lynn. Gwyneth Paltrow. If you buy that progression, you'll buy 'Country Strong'..." (Read the full review...) 690 words, 01/07/11 Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune: MODERATE (cg) "...despite Paltrow's sincere and often touching efforts, we never fully buy what happens offstage, before and after the singing." (Read the full review...) 489 words, 01/07/11 Rafer Guzman, New York Newsday: MODERATE (cg) "Full of ginned-up drama and broken bottles... too derivative to strike any resonant chords." (Read the full review...) 298 words, 01/07/11 Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: GOOD (NOT GREAT) (cg) "...one of the best movies of 1957, and I mean that sincerely as a compliment.... a throwback, a pure, heartfelt exercise in '50s social melodrama..." (Read the full review...) 874 words, 01/06/11 Karina Longworth, Village Voice/LA Weekly: POOR "...sillier -- and more tone-deaf -- than Paltrow's advice website, GOOP.... pure 'A Star Is Born' stuff.... legitimately unintentional camp." (Read the full review...) 259 words, 01/05/11 Peter Howell, Toronto Star: WEAK (cg) "If there's a Nashville cliché missing, it's not for want of trying.... melodramatic mush..." (Read the full review...) 652 words, 01/07/11 Kate Taylor, Toronto Globe & Mail: MODERATE (cg) "Writer/director Shana Feste struggles mightily to instill meaning and grandeur, but her initial efforts to sidestep cliché often result in confusion before she simply gives up and opts for melodrama." (Read the full review...) 644 words, 01/07/11 Susan G. Cole, Toronto Now: WEAK (cg) "...really feeble.... writer/director Shana Feste pushes every button possible, but the thing remains emotionally empty.... a snore." (Read the full review...) 170 words, 01/06/11
Jen Chaney, Washington Post: WEAK (cg) "...a disjointed drama filled with one-dimensional characters and melodrama so Lifetime movie-esque that it careens into unintentional comedy." (Read the full review...) 671 words, 01/07/11 Carrie Rickey, Philadelphia Inquirer: GOOD (NOT GREAT) (cg) "Like some country ballads... as emotionally potent as it is narratively inconsistent." (Read the full review...) 482 words, 01/07/11 Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel: WEAK (cg) "...a little like modern country music -- odd moments of sincerity, heart and authenticity peek through the plastic, the hype and the manufactured hokum." (Read the full review...) 622 words, 01/07/11 Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star-Tribune: POOR (cg) "The dramatic beats are as predictable as 10-gallon hats and big belt buckles at a Toby Keith concert.... sheer drudgery. If it were a book, you'd have to force yourself to finish it." (Read the full review...) 424 words, 01/07/11 Bill Goodykoontz, Arizona Republic: WEAK (cg) "Who stole the plot?... Several good performances are left adrift, as the characters roam from scene to scene, singing (quite well) as they go." (Read the full review...) 491 words, 01/07/11 Tom Maurstad, Dallas Morning News: WEAK (cg) "...a muddled mess of achy-breaky clichés and claptrap.... achieves that rarest of qualities in our age of snark and knowingness: unintended parody." (Read the full review...) 442 words, 01/07/11 Wesley Morris, Boston Globe: MODERATE (cg) "The cliches aren't a crime, but director Shana Feste applies no psychological depth or simple perception to any of these relationships." (Read the full review...) 900 words, 01/07/11 Stephen Whitty, New Jersey Star-Ledger: WEAK (cg) "...meanwhile Tim McGraw -- the one cast member who can sing -- is never given a number." (Read the full review...) 528 words, 01/07/11 Amy Biancolli, San Francisco Chronicle: MODERATE (cg) "...tacks between morose and soapishly entertaining, with a packet of able performances..." (Read the full review...) 326 words, 01/07/11 Moira Macdonald, Seattle Times: MODERATE (cg) "A weak contender in the musical-comeback category." (Read the full review...) 472 words, 01/07/11 Kevin Johnson, St. Louis Post-Dispatch: FAIR (cg) "...isn't juicy enough or serious enough to leave a lasting impression, save for the nagging question of what Paltrow is doing here." (Read the full review...) 385 words, 01/07/11 Steve Persall, St. Petersburg Times: POOR (cg) "What Paltrow forgot was to bring along a script as genuine as the music it exploits.... it is phony at every turn..." (Read the full review...) 546 words, 01/08/11 Adam Graham, Detroit News: GOOD (NOT GREAT) (cg) "Paltrow carries the film's hefty emotional scenes but lacks the self-destructive crazy streak that makes her character such a volatile star." (Read the full review...) 732 words, 01/07/11 Rene Rodriguez, Miami Herald: MODERATE (cg) "The only things that keep 'Country Strong' from being an outright disaster -- that makes the movie watchable, really -- are the insanely catchy songs..." (Read the full review...) 485 words, 01/07/11
Karina Longworth, Village Voice/LA Weekly: POOR "...sillier -- and more tone-deaf -- than Paltrow's advice website, GOOP.... pure 'A Star Is Born' stuff.... legitimately unintentional camp." (Read the full review...) 259 words, 01/05/11 Eric Eisenberg, Cinema Blend: WEAK (cg) "...could be called a soap opera, but lacks the self-awareness required for it to be an entertaining one.... never gives the audience a reason to care about any of these characters." (Read the full review...) 614 words, 12/21/10 Brett Michel, Boston Phoenix: POOR (cg) "...dead on arrival." (Read the full review...) 156 words, 01/13/11 Keith Phipps, AV Club: FAIR (cg) "...has all the makings of a classic overheated showbiz melodrama... but it never commits to the form. In fact, it never commits to much of anything." (Read the full review...) 439 words, 01/06/11 Glenn Heath Jr., Slant: POOR (cg) "...pandering and mind-bogglingly stupid... suffocates the audience with redundancy... toothless, cloying melodrama..." (Read the full review...) 773 words, 01/07/11 Susan G. Cole, Toronto Now: WEAK (cg) "...really feeble.... writer/director Shana Feste pushes every button possible, but the thing remains emotionally empty.... a snore." (Read the full review...) 170 words, 01/06/11 MaryAnn Johanson, Flick Filosopher: VERY GOOD (cg) "...danged if I didn't come way the hell around by the end of 'Country Strong'... I was startled to find myself overwhelmed, eventually, by its ragged charms and its rough-edged vision of female power and pain." (Read the full review...) 835 words, 01/07/11
Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal: FAIR "...comes to spontaneous life from time to time, despite maudlin devices and manipulative set pieces..." (Read the full review...) 352 words, 01/07/11 Manohla Dargis, New York Times: WEAK "...a runny-mascara melodrama about a country-western superstar warbling, weeping and wailing her way back from another stint in rehab to the glare of the stage." (Read the full review...) 865 words, 01/07/11 Betsy Sharkey, Los Angeles Times: FAIR "The story is an all-too-familiar one, that deadly cocktail of too much fame and too much drink for someone who's lost touch with who she really is anymore." (Read the full review...) 913 words, 12/22/10
Justin Chang, Daily Variety: VERY GOOD "...that rare ensemble piece in which all four principals are not only compellingly drawn but handled with an astute sense of dramatic balance." (Read the full review...) 979 words, 12/21/10 Kirk Honeycutt, Hollywood Reporter: POOR "...feels like a script that needed a Page One rewrite. Ideas and character relationships are poorly thought out. Motivations are hard to pin down..." (Read the full review...) 708 words, 12/21/10 Betsy Sharkey, Los Angeles Times: FAIR "The story is an all-too-familiar one, that deadly cocktail of too much fame and too much drink for someone who's lost touch with who she really is anymore." (Read the full review...) 913 words, 12/22/10 Manohla Dargis, New York Times: WEAK "...a runny-mascara melodrama about a country-western superstar warbling, weeping and wailing her way back from another stint in rehab to the glare of the stage." (Read the full review...) 865 words, 01/07/11 Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal: FAIR "...comes to spontaneous life from time to time, despite maudlin devices and manipulative set pieces..." (Read the full review...) 352 words, 01/07/11
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