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Country Strong

2010 · 117 min

A slow, heartfelt drama about broken people trying to heal, with raw musical moments and a lingering sadness.

Directed by
Shana Feste
Genres
Drama, Romance, Music
Tagline
It doesn't matter where you've been as long as you come back strong.
Overview
Soon after the rising young singer-songwriter Beau Williams gets involved with a fallen, emotionally unstable country star Kelly Canter, the pair embark on a career resurrection tour helmed by her husband/manager James and featuring a beauty queen-turned-singer Chiles Stanton. Between concerts, romantic entanglements and old demons threaten to derail them all.

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Directed by
Shana Feste
Genres
Drama, Romance, Music
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • addiction
  • grief
  • love
  • ambition
  • redemption
Places
  • road trip
  • big city
  • small town
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • musical
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour3
Realism7
Romance6
Tension5
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Genres
drama, romance, music
Directed by
Shana Feste
Written by
Shana Feste
Starring
Gwyneth Paltrow, Garrett Hedlund, Tim McGraw, Leighton Meester, Marshall Chapman, Lari White, Jeremy Childs, James DeForest Parker
Music
Michael Brook
Cinematography
John Bailey
Runtime
117 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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