'Country Strong' Twangs with Down-Home Predictability

Charleston Gazette › January 06, 2011

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Country Strong HH RATED PG-13 for thematic elements involving alcohol abuse and some sexual content DIRECTOR: Shana Feste CAST: Gwyneth Paltrow, Garrett Hedlund, Tim McGraw and Leighton Meester

There is a down-home comfort saturating "Country Strong," in that "somebody done somebody wrong song" way, that almost carries you through when its music-drenched melodrama gets predictable. Which is pretty much as soon as the fragile, still-in-rehab country superstar played by Gwyneth Paltrow starts talking about the baby bird she's found and is trying to save. So like, Scene 2.

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'Country Strong' Twangs with Down-Home Predictability

Paltrow's Kelly Canter is trying to mend her own broken wing, her drinking and on-stage meltdowns having put her career in need of rehab and recovery too. The actress brings her own surprisingly sweet voice to the ...

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