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 Not sure why the critics panned this movie so hard February 6, 2010
Trip Like I Do (USA)
Very strongly written and original script. Characters are realistically rendered. Cinematography is beautiful and I will probably want to get this on Blu ray. Soundtrack is mesmerizing and unobstrusive. There are many many many realistic and hilarious scenes. The acting is professional and solid and credible throughout.
Great Movie. Well Written. February 1, 2010
Gary R. Goble (Indiana)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I really enjoyed this movie. Kevin Spacey is always great. As is Robin Williams.
Well written by Thomas Moffett. All characters were interesting and real.
 Movie fails on every aspect January 21, 2010
Nicolau C. Quinta (Goiânia, Brazil)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Three words: worst movie ever.
I can start by saying that the movie failed big time on what was probably the centerpiece of the whole thing, which is character development. Being a shrink myself, I'm used to talking to people with mental problems and life issues, so I can confidently say that all the characters (and they are too many) in this movie were far from interesting or realistic. They're all stereotyped, one-dimensional and annoying.
It takes a lot of time throughout the movie to realize there's even a story going on behind all the disconnected characters side plots. And when you do realize there is something connecting all of them, it's not good. Not only it's dumb, but the unfolding of the facts that lead to the end of the movie is completely absurd and forced-happy-ending-like, which is not expected in a movie that is every single second depressing, and apparently tries to portrait the inside of "real" people's minds and lives.
Plus, there's too much drugs. And overuse of the f word. Both things completely unnecessary, makes all the characters seem like the same person.
It's just a bad movie. As you're watching it, you just want it to end quickly, and when it does end you don't feel good about it. Don't watch it.
Really Enjoyed Kevin Spacey's Return to His Element December 24, 2009
carol irvin (United States)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Kevin Spacey's absence from the big screen in the kind of role we'd taken for granted from him left a big empty space on the silver screen. This is the first time, since his Oscar winning turn in AMERICAN BEAUTY, that I've felt the thrill again of watching a character actor at the top of his game. He plays Dr. Henry Carter, a psychiatrist at the peak of his career in Hollywood, who has been brought low by the suicide of his wife. This is about the worst thing that can happen to a man of his professional calling as it signals his massive failure on every level as both human being and professional. Worse yet, he comes from a family of psychiatrists! As he takes to pot in a major way and sleeps out on his diving board, his family and friends stage an intervention for him and his fury knows no bounds. However, he keeps seeing his patients and, ironically, it is his patients who begin to bring him back to the land of the living. Robin Williams plays one of these patients, a movie star who believes he is a sex addict instead of an alcoholic, parallel to his own real life at this point in time. This film reminds me a lot of Lawrence Kasdan's GRAND CANYON, which I also loved. I recommend this highly.
A nice modern comedy December 5, 2009
Jacques Mamelet (france)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
It is a very nice comedy, and Kevin Spacey give a good touch to this smart play.
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