Country Strong
Soon after a rising young singer-songwriter sparks with a fallen star, the pair embarks on a career resurrection tour helmed by her husband/manager and featuring a beauty-queen-turned-singer. Between concerts, romantic entanglements and old demons threaten to derail them all.
11 April 1957, Statesville, North Carolina, USA
6 August 1968, Louisville, Mississippi, USA
20 June 1981, San Diego, California, USA
2 November 1968, Denville, New Jersey, USA
1 May 1967, Delhi, Louisiana, USA
13 May 1965, Dunedin, Florida, USA
September 09, 2011
This canned corn falls far short of the inspiring story of triumph and tragedy it wants viewers to buy.
January 14, 2011
Shana Feste's screenplay seldom rises above the level of daytime TV; the only actor who triumphs over her trite dialogue is Tim McGraw in a nonsinging role as Paltrow's husband and manager.
January 08, 2011
Catchy tunes, robust performances--but you can see every backstage-melodrama-cliche coming two scenes away.
August 16, 2011
Though the plot is almost formulaic, "Country Strong" has two things going for it: talented actors and great music
September 15, 2013
A rawer, realer, and far more believable and compelling portrait of a self-destructive country artist's attempt at recovery than CRAZY HEART.
March 23, 2011
Paltrow gives it her best but is so conspicuously doing country. We're meant to believe she has spent half her life staring into a vodka bottle, but she glows like she's just stepped out of a yoga retreat.
January 14, 2011
If Feste actually believes that this show is country nirvana, she has no business making a country movie.
January 23, 2013
A little like modern country music - odd moments of sincerity, heart and authenticity peek through the plastic, the hype and the manufactured hokum.
July 14, 2011
Some may cynically scoff at Country Strong's rollercoaster of feelings, yet it's almost completely appropriate considering the high drama present in the lyrics of country music.
January 11, 2011
Unfortunately weak.
August 12, 2011
Not exactly brimming with the essence of country music
January 12, 2011
The movie isn't worth the scuffed cowgirl boots it's scooting around in.
