‘Thanks For Sharing’ Trailer: Sex Addict Mark Ruffalo Falls For Gwyneth Paltrow
Despite sharing a theme and a location — sex addiction and New York City, respectively —Stuart Blumberg’sThanks for Sharingcouldn’t look more different from Steve McQueen’sShame. Whereas the latter was a dark, depressing portrayal of one man’s downward spiral, the former looks like a lighter, more hopeful affair about a group of sufferers helping each other get better.
One of the afflicted is Adam (Mark Ruffalo), an environmental consultant tentatively wading back into the dating pool after five years sober. He quickly meets Phoebe (Gwyneth Paltrow), a pretty foodie with issues of her own.Tim Robbins,Josh Gad, andAlecia Moore(you probably know her asPink) play other members of Adam’s support group, andJoely RichardsonandPatrick Fugitround out the cast. Hit the jump to watch the first trailer.
Thanks for Sharingmarks the directorial debut of Blumberg, who was one of the co-writers behindThe Kids Are All Right. Based on the trailer, he brings some of the same humor and empathy to this movie that he provided to that one. It’d be easy to milk sex addiction for cheap laughs, but Blumberg seems to treat the subject seriously without pushing it all the way intoShameterritory.
Though Ruffalo’s ostensibly the lead, I think I’m far more interested in what Gad and Moore are doing. Especially since the responses to Moore — in her biggest live-action movie role to date — have been unanimously positive.Yahoogoes so far as to say she “outshines” her Oscar-winning co-star Paltrow.
Otherwise, the reviews have all over the place.Hey U Guyspraised it as “absolutely brilliant” andNPRwas “pleasantly surprised,” butTHRcomplains thatThanks for Sharing"rolls out too many pat developments to muster much depth.“Film.com, in a D+ review, felt that by the ending, the film was “actively sliding off the rails.” Ouch.
