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  • Country Strong?

    Lughnasa                                        Waxing Harvest Moon

    Just watched Country Strong.  I wouldn’t savage it like the critics on Rotten Tomato, but I wouldn’t put it in a list of art house classics either.  I liked the performances of Garret Hedlund and Tim McGraw though I didn’t like Tim McGraw as much as the critics did.  Gwenyth Paltrow gave a gutsy, but melodramatic presentation of the failing country diva.

    The fragile country super star burdened the movie with a huge cliche and the drag on the plot kept it close to the ground.

    Missable, but also watchable.