In the years since his last film role, Tim has refocused on his music career. He released his 16th studio album, Here on Earth , in Aug. Tim has been happily married to Faith Hill , 53, since They released their first collaborative album, The Rest of Our Life , in The couple has three daughters: Gracie , 23, Maggie , 22, and Audrey , Leighton Meester. Leighton Meester , 34, starred as Chiles Stanton, an up and coming singer who goes on the road with Kelly, Beau, and James.
Over the course of the movie, Chiles showed she was more than just a stiff beauty queen. She released her debut album, Heartstrings , in Leighton got engaged to The O. They married in Their daughter , Arlo Day , 5, was born in Storyline Edit. A drama centered on a rising country-music songwriter Hedlund who sparks with a fallen star Paltrow. It doesn't matter where you've been as long as you come back strong.
Rated PG for thematic elements involving alcohol abuse and some sexual content. Did you know Edit. 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. World War II was well over by then; he actually returned in after the battle of Leyte whereupon he uttered the famous words, "I have returned. Quotes 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. User reviews Review. Top review. Country Strong: Is this movie country music fans have been waiting for? I know a lot of critics will not agree with me, but in the midst of the awards season this is the one film, not nominated for a big time award, that is worth spending your money on.
Side Note: Oh, and if you're only reading this review to find out if Gwyneth Paltrow can sing, the answer is yes she can. But if you had seen "Duets", then you already knew that she could. Synopsis: A story that follows fallen country music superstar Kelly Canter Paltrow as she is released from rehab and attempts a comeback concert.
There is also another, and all around better, storyline that follows the rise of two up and coming country music artists Beau Hutton and Chiles Stanton Hedlund and Meester , as they try to find out what path to take through the harsh and unforgiving world of the country music industry. Yes, "Country Strong" may seem a bit to predictable for some and yes, it does lag a bit in the middle of the film mostly pertaining to Paltrow's scenes , but it does redeem itself with a vengeance in the final 30 minutes of the film.
The storyline is really well thought out, the character development here is potent and the acting including the singing , for the most part, is excellent. His chemistry on screen with just about everyone including the microphone is so authentic, that whenever he is on-screen he literally makes the movie better. Any and all issues I have with this film surprisingly fall directly on the performance of Paltrow.
She plays an aging alcoholic Country superstar with as much heart as she can muster, but overall she is sadly uninteresting to watch for most of the film. Final Thought: "Country Strong" is currently getting raked through the mud by critics for its simplistic storyline, but let me tell you this: anyone and I mean anyone who is a fan of Country music will undoubtedly love this film.
And even if the Country twang is not your bang, this is a strong enough drama to keep you in your seat. Beau is a damn fine country singer, too good to play in bars that can't even afford enough extras to make up a crowd.
Chiles is a promising singer but an emotional basket case because of deep insecurities left over from childhood. She's got herself one of those pinched-up fearful faces with her red lips all forced into a perfect bow, and hair too stiff. She's like a caricature of mama's little beauty pageant contestant until at the end, wow, she scrubs off the makeup and shampoos that hairspray off her hair, and we realize Leighton Meester is a beauty and not a victim of a cosmetics counter makeover.
Now it may seem that I am finding fault with "Country Strong. We must see a movie for what it is, not for what we think another film might have been. This is a movie into which Lee Remick and Rock Hudson and Sandra Dee would have slipped without shoehorns, and Douglas Sirk would have known where to march them.
Its emotions are strong and visible. Its motives are clear. Its music performances are so good, we wish they lasted longer. Gwyneth Paltrow is so beautiful and is just really so nice that she brings enormous sympathy to her role. And Hedlund's Beau would do anything for a woman — or two women, in this case.
I eat this stuff up. Don't get all on your high horse. Big emotions are sprayed across the somewhat crowded quarters of a limited number of small sets, punctuated by second-unit drive-bys and grizzly good ol' boys filling out the frame. The only truly realistic character in the movie has hardly a line.
That would be the tall, middle-age female who's apparently Kelly's wardrobe woman and follows her everywhere like those well-paid and not indifferent support people in the lives of stars. She sees everything and knows everything and keeps her mouth shut, which is what you want. She's got your back. Another thing that places this movie in the s milieu is its understanding of alcoholism. It thinks being drunk comes on people in sudden spurts, like a sneezing fit, and goes away when the plot needs it to.
Kelly will be waving a vodka bottle at one moment and morosely pondering at the next.
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