SummarySoon after a rising young singer-songwriter gets involved with a fallen, emotionally unstable country 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. (Sony Pictures)
Directed By:Shana Feste
Written By:Shana Feste
Country Strong
Metascore
Mixed or Average
45
User score
Generally Favorable
6.1
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
45
23% Positive
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
53% Mixed
16 Reviews
16 Reviews
23% Negative
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
Jan 6, 2011
75
Country Strong rides pretty high in the saddle, confident in the remarkably realized world Feste has created for her characters.
Jan 6, 2011
63
Country Strong is a throwback, a pure, heartfelt exercise in '50s social melodrama.
User score
Generally Favorable
6.1
40% Positive
18 Ratings
18 Ratings
44% Mixed
20 Ratings
20 Ratings
16% Negative
7 Ratings
7 Ratings
Feb 7, 2011
10
I must admit that I am not a huge fan of country music. I do appreciate a good story even if it is about such a subject, but â
Jan 30, 2011
10
More tonally consistent than Black Swan or the Fighter, with a more optimistic and emotionally satisfying view of humanity than The Social Network or True Grit. This movie authentically believes that human beings - screwed up, damaged, imperfect creatures that we are - can be happy. That's an incredibly rare sentiment, not just in the movies, but in the world at large. We should celebrate it anytime it arrives - any time it is expressed, in a heartfelt, emotionally coherent way. This is a good film. You should see it. You probably wont. You'll probably go to one of the many high profile films being fawned over by the academy this season. They're all impressive - large, well engineered monstrosities with actors thinking and acting in ways that humans never think or act - and not one of them has the pure humanistic love that this film has for its characters and for people in general. Go see it.
Jan 12, 2011
50
In Country Strong, the Oscar-winning Paltrow gets upstaged and outacted by the kid from "Tron" and the snotty brat from "Gossip Girl." Who'd have thought?
Jan 6, 2011
50
Though seriously miscast as an unreformed alcoholic, the bronzed Ms. Paltrow gets by with a thin, serviceable voice (she sings her own songs) and an actor's confidence.
Jan 7, 2011
42
Country Strong is the latest and, in many ways, the least impressive entrant in the achy-breaky sweepstakes.
Jan 6, 2011
38
Disjointed drama filled with one-dimensional characters and melodrama so Lifetime movie-esque that it careens into unintentional comedy.
Jan 7, 2011
25
This lame-ass chick-flick sampling of "Crazy Heart" is more like country Kryptonite.
Jan 17, 2011
10
I really enjoyed this movie. i mean its whatever you think but it was amazing to me & i read this other review that said city people did nt like it and i was like of course there not going to like it they are city people not country, the movie is COUNTRY strong not CITY strong. This movie is really good and its enjoyable. BEST MOVIE EVER YOU SHOULD GO SEE IT IF YOU HAVEN'T !
Apr 18, 2011
5
Because I had heard such terrible things about this movie, it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. Paltrow was kind of adorable as a drunk, country music star, and the rest of the characters were likable in some way. However, if you want a great movie in this specific genre, check out "Walk the Line" - it has more depth and storyline; since this was slightly predictable and cliche. Still, not a total waste of two hours.
Jul 21, 2012
3
Gwyneth Paltrow gives an Oscar worthy performance, and the rest of the cast are solid too. Yet, the strange story and script, and way too over the top melodrama overcome anything that was making this movie Strong. I give this movie 32%.
Production Company:
- Screen Gems
- Maguire Entertainment
- Material Pictures
- TVM
Release Date:Dec 22, 2010
Duration:1 h 57 m
Rating:PG-13
Tagline:It doesn't matter where you've been as long as you come back strong.
Awards
Academy Awards, USA
• 1 Nomination
Golden Globes, USA
• 1 Nomination
Motion Picture Sound Editors, USA
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
