#aging star

Shrink *** (2009, Kevin Spacey, Robin Williams, Saffron Burrows, Jack Huston, Dallas Roberts, Pell James, Robert Loggia, Jesse Plemons) – Classic Movie Review 3840

A fired-up Kevin Spacey relishes a perfect part as Dr Henry Carter, a high-profile Los Angeles celebrity psychiatrist, who, battling to cope with his wife’s suicide, is falling apart. In his despair, he turns to pot-smoking and lets himself go, while finding he is now desperately struggling to counsel his clients.

These include a faded movie star (Robin Williams) who is sex and booze addicted,…