2012 Directed by Stuart Blumberg
A romantic comedy that brings together three disparate characters who are learning to face a challenging and often confusing world as they struggle together against a common demon: sex addiction.
Mark Ruffalo Gwyneth Paltrow Tim Robbins Josh Gad Pink Patrick Fugit Joely Richardson Carol Kane Emily Meade Isiah Whitlock Jr. Poorna Jagannathan Tony Joe Jordan Dean Michaela Watkins Okieriete Onaodowan Natalia Volkodaeva Paul Urcioli Kenneth Maharaj Meng Ai Juan Leon Geoffrey Molloy Maureen Sebastian Marcus Neville Sarah Helen Baskin Alexis Suarez Terry Walters George Demas David Wain Brian Koppelman Show All…
(aka "Shame, Actually"): it ain't high art, but this surprising portrait of sex addiction and solidarity is honest to the bone and ultimately even beautiful. it hits all of the expected beats in a vaguely schticky way, but does so with grace, helped enormously by a well-tuned cast that includes an effective josh gad (there's a first time for everything) a brusque tim robbins (toning down his Mystic River affectation into something that resembles an actual human being) and... most strangely of all... Pink, who does what's required of her and then some. and i guess it's fitting that i continue to find gwyneth paltrow to be cute as hell despite how much that makes me hate myself.
A romantic comedy about three sex addicts(Mark Ruffalo, Tim Robbins, Josh Gad)? Much more drama than comedy, The Hulk who is 5 years sex free falls in love with Pepper Potts(Iron Man was nowhere to be found), The general in Green Lantern has an alcohol and sex problem but has been sober for 15 years, while Olaf from Frozen is in the worst shape...sex free for 6 hours. Three of them try and survive each day as the struggle with their illness. First half is way better than the second...Josh Gad a poor man's Jack Black steals the show. An uneven but interesting movie.
Worry is just meditating on shit.
-Mike
Decent performances, decent production value and decent directing don't add up to much when you're film about addiction has no consequences for it's main character if he falls off the wagon. Mark Ruffalo is Adam, a very successful professional (his character is so bland I don't even remember what he does) New Yorker who is a 5 year sober sex addict. The problem is that if he strays and goes back to his old ways for even an entire weekend it has no effect on his life. As long as he reigns himself back in life goes back to normal by Monday. So what's the point?
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"Thanks for Sharing" is a dramedy about sex addicts that is neither dramatic enough to be striking or funny enough to be memorable. It is a solid, well-cast film, but it offers little in terms of originality or narrative value.
Mark Ruffalo, Tim Robbins, and Josh Gad star as addicts, former addicts, sponsors, and sponsees adrift in a world filled with temptation. Throw in some romance, thanks to Gwyneth Paltrow, some life lessons, and some healing, and what results is a familiar story where it is always darkest before the dawn for the protagonists. It is a nice story with some pitch black corners, but it is one that viewers have seen before.
The cast is deftly assembled, and Gad supplies some cheery and uncomfortable humor. The film's look is shiny and clear in contrast to its characters. Everything is professional but unremarkable. "Thanks for Sharing" is not a waste of time, but it is a missable experience nonetheless.
Thanks for Sharing is a rather bland and insipid dramedy about sex addiction that failed to make me care about any of the characters. I was curious to watch this as it has an interesting premise; a lot of films tackle alcoholism and drug addiction but this is only the second I have seen about sex addiction (Shame being the first, and it's much lighter than that.)
Unfortunately my curiosity was disappointed as there isn't much about this film that impressed me at all. The performances were all solid, and the chemistry between the characters was certainly good - but the film failed to be funny when it was trying to be, it lacked emotional substance in the right areas…
Don Jon and then a film about sex addiction, I may have a problem. I happen to have a real soft spot for both Mark Ruffalo and Gwyneth Paltrow. Ruffalo has been gold since long before he captured my real devotion with his performance in Zodiac and I've fancied Gwynnie for years. This ensemble piece has a decent cast and although singer Pink does bring down the acting kudos, she ain't really that bad.
Sex addiction, WTF. Is it real? Or is it simply a bullshit excuse for people who can't keep it in their pants or cope with a proper relationship. I obviously don't understand or maybe I'm sick of people sticking a label on things. The people portrayed…
Easy to watch palatable addiction, strong sense of connection between the characters, P!nk was cool, lite but worth it :-)
I wanted to watch this because mark Ruffalo is in it but stopped watching like halfway through because it's so boring.
(Old impressions, not based on a recent viewing)
A significantly lighter look on sex addiction in comparison to Shame, but I do think it did some justice to it.
While the message is confusing and, if not confusing, conservative, it's a nice and gentile film with nice and gentile performances... well, at least for 60 minutes. It doesn't really work out in the end, and despite the feelgood music and the flowery montage (i almost expected an empowering voice over around there), nothing of substance has really transpired.
This movie never gets anywhere close to evoking 'addiction' as a response ... For me, it was more: "Meh; take it or leave it' ...
The actors are entertaining, and it touches on some interesting subjects - I just never felt any 'pull' from the material ... It remained curiously and resolutely neutral, throughout.
It's hard to shake the feeling that this stems from the ensemble structure ... Tell one story WELL; don't do three, in a vaguely half-assed fashion!
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