Country Strong (2010)

Directed by

Shana Feste

Genre

drama film, musical film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 57m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

6.1 of 10 from 265 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A country music star struggles with personal demons while trying to rebuild her career on a comeback tour. Her manager and a rising young singer both try to help her but face complications.

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What happens

Country Strong is a 2010 American musical drama film starring Gwyneth Paltrow, Tim McGraw, Garrett Hedlund, and Leighton Meester. The film, about an emotionally unstable country music star who attempts to revive her faltering career, was directed and written by American filmmaker Shana Feste. It premiered in Nashville, Tennessee on November 8, 2010, and had a limited release in the United States on December 22, 2010, before expanding wide on January 7, 2011. This is the second film in which McGraw and Hedlund have worked together, the first being Friday Night Lights in 2004. At the 83rd Academy Awards, the film was nominated for Best Original Song ("Coming Home"). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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