Film/TV Jan 6, 2011 at 4:00 am

Country Strong: Painfully Weak

Bethany Jean Clement
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Well, to be fair, the movie is probably for people who like country music*. All the reasons you gave for not seeing this movie would just look like recommendations for country fans.

*plus they're probably hoping to sucker in some Paltrow fans who remember when she used to act.
this guy I know in Spokane on January 8, 2011 at 11:13 AM Report this
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@1: Your avatar makes me salivate, you bastard.
TVDinner on January 8, 2011 at 2:59 PM Report this
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I've only seen the trailers, but it looks like a country remake of Streisand's remake of the Garland remake of the Claudette Colbert "A Star is Born".
Merlin D. Bear on January 9, 2011 at 1:49 AM Report this
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@2 Your avatar regressed me back to my childhood to the time before my dad discovered cholesterol.

Go to Paltrow's website. It gives advice on how to live like Gwyneth. It turns out all I was missing in my life was enough money to buy $500 dollar shoes, and whimsical trips to Milan.
Fish Wrench Asteroid on January 9, 2011 at 8:47 AM Report this
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Is the five-year-old Brokeback Mountain, which has nothing whatsoever to do with this movie, the only "country" reference you could come up with ("I wish I could've quit you.")? What a lame review. I agree the movie was far short of great, but this review and your writing are a joke. Perhaps The Stranger should quit your ass.
on January 9, 2011 at 9:27 PM Report this
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The Movie trailer alone made me want to leave the theatre. I can't imagine sitting through 112 minutes of it...
woofy on January 10, 2011 at 7:40 AM Report this
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It wasn't that bad. Wasn't that great either. Paltrow is miscast, but Garrett Hedlund and Leighton Meester are good value.
Kathy Fennessy on January 10, 2011 at 7:48 PM Report this
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can it be worse than paltrow in 'duets'?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0134630
Eugene Rushmore on January 15, 2011 at 3:02 PM Report this
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from the imdb in @8's link:

"a bored suburban businessman turns outlaw karaoke singer."

i haven't seen either of these movies, but i don't know if anything could beat this! because remember, that bored suburban businessman turned outlaw karaoke singer is huey fucking lewis!
mr. herriman on January 16, 2011 at 12:26 PM Report this
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@3: That was Janet Gaynor.
rodolfo on January 19, 2011 at 9:55 AM Report this

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