In the Country Strong trailer, Gwyneth Paltrow, dressed in black lingerie and drunken rage, rips a bottle of alcohol from her honky-tonk beau’s hand. “Give it to me!” she spits and yells, crying and red-faced, slumping to the floor. This is the cue that her character, country star Kelly Canter, has hit skidsville. Fighting for […]
Country Strong
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You booze, you lose with Country Strong
Like a pop-country ballad that’s more Twain than twang, Shana Feste’s Country Strong is a glossy, superficial, manipulative melodrama powered by counterfeit emotions. Gwyneth Paltrow stars as alcoholic singer Kelly Canter, who’s sprung early from rehab by her husband-manager (Tim McGraw) for a comeback tour. This displeases the noble country crooner (Garrett Hedlund) with whom […]
