Country Strong

2010
12
1 Std. 57 Min.

IMDb-BEWERTUNG

6,3/10

19.223

IHRE BEWERTUNG

Gwyneth Paltrow, Tim McGraw, Leighton Meester, and Garrett Hedlund in Country Strong (2010)

A drama centered on a rising country-music songwriter (Hedlund) who sparks with a fallen star (Paltrow). Together, they mount his ascent and her comeback, which leads to romantic complications involving her husband/manager (McGraw) and a beauty queen-turned-singer (Meester).

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Füge eine Handlung in deiner Sprache hinzuA rising country-music songwriter works with a fallen star to work their way to fame, causing romantic complications along the way.A rising country-music songwriter works with a fallen star to work their way to fame, causing romantic complications along the way.A rising country-music songwriter works with a fallen star to work their way to fame, causing romantic complications along the way.

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IMDb-BEWERTUNG

6,3/10

19.223

IHRE BEWERTUNG

Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro

Für 1 Oscar nominiert
- 1 Gewinn & 8 Nominierungen insgesamt

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This film is about an alcoholic country singer going on a come-back tour, along with two talented support singers.

"Country Strong" could have been a captivating drama, but sadly is not. Surely the music is very good, even if I am not a fan of country music, I still enjoyed it a lot. I think the problem lies with poor plot development. Kelly Canter's marriage problems, her reasons for soaking herself up with alcohol and her career downfall are not well explained. Strangely, the lives of the supporting characters Beau and Chiles are better explained and engagingly told. As a romance film, there is an over-reliance on sex scenes and not enough sweet romance. At one point I thought it was making wholesome characters less than decent. The ending could have had a greater impact, but it is shrouded in confusion due to character underdevelopment and underwhelming story telling. Something's wrong with "Country Strong", which is quite a pity.

Gordon-11
13. Aug. 2011
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Wissenswertes
Garrett Hedlund auditioned at a karaoke bar in Koreatown singing a Pearl Jam song. According to director Shana Feste, "It really wasn't the best showcase ever of his voice, but Garrett went to school for us. Literally, he took four months off and started learning how to play the guitar, took voice lessons, went to Nashville early, started working with Nathan Chapman, a record producer in Nashville who produces Miranda Lambert. I mean, he became a country singer."

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When reading her flash cards in the van, Chiles (Leighton Meester) claims that General Douglas MacArthur returned to the Philippines in 1946. World War II was well over by then; he actually returned in 1944 after the battle of Leyte whereupon he uttered the famous words, "I have returned."

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Kelly Canter: [quoting Waylon Jennings' lyrics] "If you see me getting smaller, I'm leaving, don't be grieving, just gotta get away from here. If you see me getting smaller, don't worry, and no hurry, I've got the right to disappear."