Filipe Neto This film is about a psychiatrist who, after his wife's death and an entry into the world of drugs, begins to question his ability to help his patients, despite his fame, success and the various famous clients he has among the Hollywood elite. The only solution to his doubts is the confrontation with Jemma, a middle-class girl who also suffers from an unresolved mourning and is the only person able to see things from another perspective.This movie might have been good, but it's just plain messy. The pace is too slow and the characters are monotonous, uninteresting and poorly developed, with no connection between them and the audience. The film has a strong cast, full of sounding names like Kevin Spacey and Robin Williams, but there is no good material to give them and Jonas Pate's direction is absolutely incompetent. For example, Robin Williams never plays a character. He is limited to being himself saying decorated lines. With the exception of these two actors, who stood out to me because I know them, the rest of the cast merged into an amorphous, almost anonymous crowd. I had a hard time noticing who is who, to the point of losing my interest in the film. The task of watching it has become inglorious.What does it matter if the sets and costumes are good, if cinematography fulfills her role well, if the soundtrack proved to be competent? If I, as a public, can not understand the film, if I do not feel attracted to the story and everything loses interest because it's boring, the movie is not good for me.

SnoopyStyle Hollywood shrink Dr. Henry Carter (Kevin Spacey) is a weed-smoking drunk at home since his wife's suicide. His clients are self-obsessed with various problem in the entertainment industry. His psychiatrist father (Robert Loggia) refers troubled student Jemma (Keke Palmer) to him. Jesus (Jesse Plemons) is his drug dealer.All these Hollywood stereotypes with their problems are really tiresome. The only interesting characters are Spacey and Palmer but only when they're together. They are an electric duo. Everything else is a horribly boring drag. I couldn't care less about his patients or his family or his friends or his dealer or him talking to anybody other than Palmer. So I only found this movie compelling for about fifteen minutes in total.

Sandy Griffin An enchanting modern-day movie starring A-list and actor extraordinaire Kevin Spacey plus a bevy of talent such as Dallas Roberts and Keke Palmer. Kevin Spacey plays Dr. Henry Carter, a head doctor who has lost himself in grief over the death of his beloved wife, a wife who didn't die in an auto accident, as his family and friends believe, but by killing herself. Dr. Carter enjoys buying his weed (pot) based upon their whimsical names; smoking pot is his method of coping with the pain and suffering of his loss. Dr. Carter looks sadder and more exhausted as each day goes by - he appears not long for this world and on the brink of a breakdown yet his patients keep coming and they are a hoot. He is a hoot as well, smoking pot in the back of his office, numbing himself.Dr. Carter's patients include film agents, actors, or people in the movie industry (self-centered people, they attempt to manipulate him during therapy). Another patient, the producer Patrick, (played by Dallas Roberts) is precious and spot-on. Patrick never stops; his mind and mouth are "on" 24/7. .Dr. Carter also adores Kate, one of his patients (played by Saffron Burrows) but her beauty and allure is only a wet bandage covering the gaping hole in his heart. Dr. Carter can't sleep or bathe, it appears, so he is in no shape of wooing any women. She also comes to his rescue when out hiking after he collapses when burying his dog.Dr. Carter experiences an pseudo-intervention where his father (played by Robert Loggia) and other well-meaning souls attempt to persuade him to enter rehab. This piece of the film is tragic and funny at the same time; Mr. Spacey never overacts, even when it would be so easy to do so. While this is the time Dr. Carter announces that his wife did, in fact, commit suicide, the sarcasm when he chastises one of the family members is so good that this scene left me in awe.Spoiler Alert: After the intervention, Dr. Carter's father (another shrink) insists he take the case of a teenager, Jemma, (played with aplomb by Keke Palmer) from the inner city that has anger issues. Jemma has her guard up; she does not bare her soul like the rest of his patients; she makes him read her file and he is surprised to find her mother killed herself. Jemma doesn't share her feelings easily and it takes time to build trust with Dr. Carter (just like in the real world). The relationship these two have is healing, in the end, as both understand the pain of not knowing why their loved ones did what they did; the letter Jemma's mother left her never answered the number one question her daughter had: why? We instantly know Dr. Carter's wife left him in the same state.Jemma's personal story is written on the sly (well, sort of) by Jeremy (Mark Webber)and the end result is a script which will help all of them.Spoiler alert: In the end, we understand Dr. Carter will make it, that is, he will not be following his wife down the path of death. There is hope for Dr. Carter.I thoroughly enjoyed this movie; the writing, casting, and acting are top notch.

TxMike Saw this via Netflix streaming video.Kevin Spacey is PhD psychologist Henry Carter, with a practice in Los Angeles. He sees not only local "stars", he also sees the ordinary guys. But Henry has a problem, since his wife's death he isn't really present, emotionally, and has resorted to a slovenly life and smoking lots of pot every chance he gets. The story is about Henry, and how he might get his mojo back, but also about an assorted cast of characters, all connected to Henry through his practice. And then, some of them interconnected with each other, although few of them know each other as the movie begins. One is teenager Keke Palmer as high school student Jemma. She is bright but completely unmotivated by school. One time we see her actually get up and leave class, over the objections of her teacher. Where does she go? To the theater, to watch movies, that is what she wants to do, make movies. Henry sees her pro bono. They have positive influences on each other.Another is Saffron Burrows as Kate Amberson, she and her partner attend sessions with Henry, but it soon becomes clear that her partner is a jerk, and it is a matter of time before she is free to eventually pursue something with Henry and help him out of his funk. Another is Pell James as Daisy, pregnant and working for a movie producer. But the baby isn't hers. it is her sister's, she is just carrying it for her. As she says, "She provided the egg, I provide the oven." But she too really wants to get out on her own to produce movies. I enjoyed it for the characters, there is nothing novel about any of the stories, but they are presented in an interesting way.