Thanks For Sharing (2012) 8/10

Starring : Mark Ruffalo, Tim Robbins, Gwyneth Paltrow, Josh Gad, Joely Richardson, Patrick Fugit, Alecia Moore
Director : Stuart Blumberg
Running Time : 113 mins

Three recovering sex addicts try to cope with the curveballs that life throws at them. Adam (Ruffalo) starts a relationship with Phoebe (Paltrow) after five years of celibacy, but she finds it difficult to deal with his way of life; Mike (Robbins) has to deal with the return of his son Danny (Fugit), finding it hard to believe that he has managed to overcome drug addiction without help; and Neil (Gad), who is new to recovery, finds things difficult as he tries to give up on porn, masturbation and other antisocial sexual proclivities with the help of fellow addict Dede (Moore).

Considering I hadn’t heard of this movie before, it was actually pretty good. The scenarios are actually pretty believable – apart from Josh Gad’s over-the-top obsession with porn which at times goes too far (namely the camera-on-the-shoe routine that loses him his job – but on the whole the characters are likeable, even in spite of their addictions, and make for some entertaining viewing.

You’ll like this if you liked : Don Jon