
What happens when the people we count on
to hold us together…are barely holding it together
themselves? Jonas Pate's Shrink is a striking, fast-paced
exposé of the “other” Hollywood , featuring folks living
outside their comfort zone and the people who put them
there. Henry Carter (Kevin Spacey) is a psychiatrist with an
A-list clientele, including a once-famous actress (Saffron
Burrows), an insecure young writer (Mark Webber), and a
comically obsessive-compulsive superagent (Dallas Roberts).
Henry is not in a good place, however. He has been asked to
take his first pro bono case, a troubled teenage girl from a
neighborhood far from the Hollywood hills. Considering his
present state of mind, is he ready for the real-life
troubles of a young woman who loves the world of movies he
has become so jaded by? At its core, Shrink is a study of
control and our endless need for it, even when it grows
increasingly impossible to obtain. Writer Thomas Moffett
uses classic archetypes in this modern Hollywood tale, but
never pushes them over the edge of credibility. Performed by
a well-matched cast at the top of their form, the result is
both satisfying and exhilarating. Watching Shrink makes us
feel like voyeurs looking through a window into the lives of
people who look great, feel worse, and end up behaving
badly.
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