Directed by Stuart Blumberg
Screenplay by Stuart Blumberg and Matt Winston
Starring: Mark Ruffalo, Gwyneth Paltrow, Tim Robbins, Joely Richardson, Patrick Fugit, Josh Gad, Alecia Moore or better known by Pink, Carol Kane, Michaela Watkins, Emily Meade, Poorna Jagannathan
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PLOT
We get to know and follow three disparate characters who are learning to face a challenging world of their sex addiction. Adam (Mark Ruffalo) is 5 years sober and finds himself in a possible relationship with Phoebe (Gwyneth Paltrow); Mike (Tim Robbins) is Adam's sponsor who has his hands full with the sudden arrival of son Danny (Patrick Fugit) and newbie young doctor Neil (Josh Gad) who starts the program and develop a friendly relationship with a fellow female member Dede (Pink). They all face ups and downs but will they stayed on the road of recovery and gain/remain the freedom or will they fall off the wagon?
REVIEW
I'll start by saying: Don't expect movie to be romantic comedy because it's definitely not. It's more of a drama with comedic elements but none of them really touches you. You know what they want to accomplish but it's not quite working (drama + comedy). The interesting thing for me is that storyline is touching and acting it's good but still, I'm not feeling it. Chemistry between Adam and Phoebe is really good, Mike and Danny's story is nice, Pink made a solid acting debut, you get to know sex addiction is a real disease... But everything is too simplified, superficial and not emotionally enough. That would be my main critic, plus sequences didn't blend together very well. Screenplay has some good stuff yet on the other hand some really cheesy, predictable stuff. Nevertheless, film is accessible, a crowd pleaser worth watching. 3/5
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