Country Strong

"It doesn't matter where you've been as long as you come back strong."

2010 1h 57m EN

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6.1

MID

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23%

ROTTEN

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METACRITIC

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6.3

IMDB

★6.1TMDB · 269🥫23%Rotten Tomatoes●45Metacritic★6.3IMDB · 19,712

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Synopsis

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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.

“It doesn't matter where you've been as long as you come back strong.”

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Cast

Gwyneth Paltrow
Kelly Canter
Garrett Hedlund
Beau Hutton
Tim McGraw
James Canter
Leighton Meester
Chiles Stanton
Marshall Chapman
Winnie
Lari White
Hair Stylist
Jeremy Childs
JJ
James DeForest Parker
Joe

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Shana Feste
Writers: Shana Feste
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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ERA

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Released 16 years ago.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Shana Feste, shot by John Bailey. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Michael Brook. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Conor O'Neill shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Gwyneth Paltrow and Garrett Hedlund and Tim McGraw carry the top of the cast.

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RUNTIME

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Marketing tagline: "It doesn't matter where you've been as long as you come back strong.".

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7 / 7

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt1555064 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Shana Feste directs. John Bailey behind the camera. Michael Brook scores. Conor O'Neill cuts. Profitable at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Released 16 years ago.
2Directed by Shana Feste, shot by John Bailey. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
3Original score by Michael Brook. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
4Editor Conor O'Neill shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Gwyneth Paltrow and Garrett Hedlund and Tim McGraw carry the top of the cast.
6Marketing tagline: "It doesn't matter where you've been as long as you come back strong.".
7IMDB entry: tt1555064 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Classified under 14 themes, including "adultery", "infidelity", "van", "country music".