Shrink (2009)


Mark Webber             Jeremy
Laura Ramsey            Keira
Saffron Burrows         Kate Amberson
Kevin Spacey            Henry Carter
Jack Huston             Shamus
Pell James              Daisy
Keke Palmer             Jemma
Dallas Roberts          Patrick
Robert Loggia           Robert Carter

Directed by:            Jonas Pate
Produced by:            Dana Brunetti, Braxton Pope, Michael Burns


What happens when the people we count on to hold us together are barely holding it together themselves? 
Henry Carter is a psychiatrist with an A-list clientele, including a once-famous actress, an insecure 
young writer, and a comically obsessive-compulsive super agent. Henry is not in a good place, however. 
He has been asked to take his first pro bono case, a troubled teenage girl from a neighborhood far from 
the Hollywood hills. Considering his present state of mind, is he ready for the real-life troubles of a 
young woman who loves the world of movies he has become so jaded by?

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In Hollywood, people in need revolve around Dr. Henry Carter, a shrink: Jack, an aging star wants 
permission to cheat on his wife; Shamus is a director who's a cokehead; Patrick is a high-powered 
germophobic producer; Jeremy is a young writer looking for a break; Jemma, a high-school student, is 
skipping school; and Kate is an actress facing her mid-30s. Henry's wife recently died; he's grieving, 
blaming himself, smoking lots of pot. Henry's friends try an intervention; someone steals a patient's 
file from Henry; Patrick's assistant, the pregnant Daisy, sees promise in Jeremy's work; and, Jesus, 
Henry's drug dealer, sells him some potent weed. Can anything good come of this?