Normally previews are pretty packed, where you have to wait in line and even then it's not a guarantee that you'll actually get a seat. While there was a line for this one, the theater wasn't completely full. Ratty and I chalked it up to the fact that the movie was coming out the next day, and there must have been sneak previews all week long.
I'm just gonna say it, I didn't love it. The music was great, I'm totally going to buy the soundtrack, or illegally download it at least, and I was really impressed that everyone did their own singing. Gwyneth Paltrow has a great voice and she did a pretty believable job as a celebrity/recovering addict - I mean that in the nicest way possible. I just didn't love the story. The commercials made it look like a semi-entertaining, uplifting movie, sprinkled with country music, hi what's not to love about THAT, but it was a lot darker than I thought it would be. Like, really dark, like overdoses, miscarriages, extramarital affairs, and suicide attempts dark. Yeaaaa. I wanted to like it, I really did, but I just couldn't get behind it. There was a baby bird in it at one point and I was more concerned about what was going to happen to the baby bird than Gwyneth's recovery. Hm, that's probably not what the director was going for, huh?
Ratty pulls through once again!! Note to self do not see Country Strong...thanks for the review Amy!
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