Thanks for Sharing

 

Thanks for Sharing 2012

• Director: Stuart Blumberg
• Based on the book: no
• Cast: Mark Ruffalo, Tim Robbins, Gwyneth Paltrow, Josh Gad, Joey Richardson, Patrick Fugit, Pink, Carol Kane, Emily Meade, Isaiah Whitlock Jr
• Personal “oh yeah him/her” reaction, i.e. have seen this actor in:
• Mark Ruffalo – Spotlight, Now You See Me, Avengers, Shutter Island, The Kids Are All Right, Reservation Road, Zodiac, Rumour Has It, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, My Life Without Me
• Tim Robbins – Then She Found Me, The Secret Life of Words, War of the Worlds, Mystic River, Human Nature, High Fidelity, Mission to Mars, The Shawshank Redemption, Jungle Fever, Twister, Bull Durham
• Gwyneth Paltrow – Mortdecai, Avengers, Contagion, Proof, Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow, Shakespeare in Love, Sliding Doors
• Josh Gad – Murder on the Orient Express, Beauty and the Beast
• Joely Richardson – Snowden, The Last Mimzy, Return to Me
• Patrick Fugit – White Oleander, Almost Famous
• Carol Kane - My First Mister
• Emily Meade – The Leftovers, Fringe
• Isaiah Whitlock Jr – BlacKkKlansman, Main Street, Cadillac Records, The Wire, 1408
• Why? The cast
• Seen: 11 July 2023      

       Adam (Ruffalo) is a sex addict and goes to meetings. He’s been sober for five years. Mike (Robbins), who also does AA and has anger issues, is his mentor. Neil (Gad) gropes women on the underground and is sentenced to take part in the program. He doesn’t take it seriously.

       We follow these three men. Adam meets Phoebe (Paltrow). Mike’s alcoholic son (Fugit) returns after being gone for some years. Neil is a sleazy creep and also a doctor who gets fired for filming up a colleague’s skirt and is forced to take his addiction seriously.

       This is not a comedy, nor is it feel-good. Addiction is hell.

       Ruffalo and Robbins live up to my high expectations. 

4 * of 5