Directed by:
Stuart BlumbergCinematography:
Yaron OrbachComposer:
Christopher LennertzCast:
Gwyneth Paltrow, Mark Ruffalo, Tim Robbins, Joely Richardson, P!nk, Patrick Fugit, Josh Gad, Emily Meade, Carol Kane, Isiah Whitlock Jr., Jordan Dean (more)Plots(1)
Three men's lives are entangled by attending a 12 step program to help treat sex addiction. Mike is a leader of the program, whose twenty-something son has returned home after drug abuse. Adam is a guy who has been sober for five years and is trying to get back into dating. Neil is a young doctor whose addiction threatens to derail his career. (Transmission Films)
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This film features the classically beautiful (delicate to fragile) Gwyneth Paltrow, the tender mature Joely Richardson, and the tough P!nk (Alecia Moore). However, Thanks for Sharing is a story about how hard life with addiction is. The two relationships evolve based on how successful abstinent men struggling with sex addiction are. For their counterparts, of course, it's a challenge. The third pair is made up of friends from the support group. It's not a comedy, but a film about hope.
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It happened to me several times while watching the movie that a scene was cut off just when it could have gotten quite interesting, especially to see how it would continue and how the actors would handle it. And they would handle it excellently because they are all great actors. Whenever Mark Ruffalo is involved, I'm sure I'll enjoy it. Moreover, sexual addiction is a topic that interests me personally, and lately, there have been quite a few films on this theme (recently, Don Jon comes to mind). Some scenes are excellent, but overall it's a pretty average drama that's just a few steps away from being great or bad. It's a shame about the ending, which seems to fade out into nothing.
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