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Calling this a romantic comedy brings to mind the kind of thing that would have Lisa Kudrow or Jennifer Aniston alongside Patrick Dempsey or Ben Stiller.

Yes, it has several "boy meets girl" moments, but the overall premise of the movie has romance as a side issue and is definitely not a comedy.

On the whole, I enjoyed it, although bits of it were tough to watch, with some strongly adult themes and it definitely wasn't what I was expecting. Anything that focuses on addiction isn't going to be a walk in the park, but selling it as a romantic comedy is misleading and does the film a disservice.

The main cast were great and their characters were interesting. More importantly, the film didn't suffer from the current trait of being too long for the storyline.

If you ever been to an addicts group, I reckon you all too well know the term "Thanks for sharing". And most of us (if not all of us), do have a tendency to drift into addiction. Some things are just too good to let go off. The movie has some very fine actors and many story lines that keep you excited and at the edge of your seat (if you get what the characters are about and feel for them, which I think the movie does a good job of putting us there).

It's best not to keep certain things secret and if it comes to addiction that is more than true. Obviously there are more than one sort of addiction and it's really good to see the characters interact in and around those addictions, but also family issues those will result in. There may be some flaws, but the movie has a heart and feels more than sincere in what it does

Review: For years, the subject matter about sex addiction has carried a certain stigma that someone is a pervert, but this movie proves otherwise. It shows that ordinary every day people with normal life's can be addicted to sex and that it's a hard addiction to deal with. That's what made the movie a joy to watch because this subject matter hadn't really addressed. The acting from the all star cast, was brilliant and they made the movie believable and enjoyable. Even Pink put in a great performance and her role was chosen well by the director. Each character shows how they deal with there addiction and the trouble that it can cause in there everyday life's. It's definitely one of those movies that will change peoples perception on the addiction and I'm glad that the director also showed that women can also suffer from this disease. In all, a great watch and one not to miss. Great Movies!

Round-Up: It's good to see Tim Robbins back on screen after being missing for a while. His role was also chosen well by the director, as well as Mark Ruffalo and Gwenyth Paltrow who showed the addiction from a different angle. It's a shame that movies like this don't get the big Hollywood treatment because it will be forgotten even though it is a great movie.

Budget: N/A Worldwide Gross: $1million

I recommend this movie to people who are into there dramas and a group of people who suffer from sex addiction. 7/10

Thanks for Sharing looks into the world of addition and their support groups. How individuals create support networks to deal with problems. In this, the maid addition is sexual, these people can't stop having sex, but you soon discover it is more than the act but a real disease of obsessions. There is Neil (Josh Gad), the doctor who has been court ordered to seek treatment, Neil the overall good guy is overcoming his problems until he tries to connect the release of sex and emotional connection as he begins to date Phoebe (Gwyneth Partrow) and Dede (Pink) who can't relate with a man unless it deals with sex. Tim Robbins does an exceptional job of being the counselor leader as he deals with own home life turmoil with a drug addicted son. This movie is insightful of addiction and the difficulty of staying clean, no matter what your addition may be.

I actually laughed pretty hard in this. What I was really impressed with was the contrasting emotions throughout the entire movie and it dealt with a somewhat overlooked issue in society these days. The movie didn't really slow down at all and there was always something happening. Acting is great but that's to be expected with Mark Ruffalo and Gwenyth Paltrow. Josh Gad is hilarious as always and definitely has all the laugh out loud moments. While I'm not a fan of P!nk in any capacity, she holds herself well in this role. I'm not sure why it got a fairly average 6.3 on IMDb and a 54 on Metacritic. Perhaps it is a bit confrontational in some aspects for some people but it isn't advertised as a feel good romantic comedy. Even if you don't see it in the theatres, make sure you get it on DVD or stream it, you won't regret it.

Yes there was a romantic budding relationship as a sub-plot, but it really was about dealing with sex-addiction. Very revealing and profound. Thank you for this movie.

"It's like trying to quit crack while the pipe is attached to your body." Adam (Ruffalo), Mike (Robbins) and Neil (Gad) are all addicts that are trying to deal with their addictions. Things are going good for Adam until he meets a woman who finds out his secret. Mike encounters problems when his son returns home and Neil's life is crumbling around him because of his problem. This is billed as a romantic comedy but do not be fooled. I would not call this a comedy at all. The movie deals with very serious issues but the acting is the thing that really makes you feel for the characters. Very early on you start to root for everyone in the movie and you live their ups and downs with them. You almost find yourself talking to the screen and yelling NO at certain temptations that face them. This isn't really a movie I can describe you really should see this one to understand. Overall, a very good movie that deserves to be seen but do not expect a comedy. This is a straight drama that leaves you with a feeling you can't describe. I liked it. I give it a B+.

Romantic comedies have been running out of ideas for decades - thinking up fresh, interesting and yet plausible ways to break up a couple who are clearly meant for each other is no laughing matter. Bravely, Thanks For Sharing selects sex addiction as its theme, exploring the ways in which the disease bleeds into and affects the relationships of its victims. At its best, Stuart Blumberg's first film as a director smartly mines laughs amidst the drama of his protagonists' lives, just as his script for The Kids Are All Right did. More often than not, however, Thanks For Sharing suffers from an uneven tone, lurching uncomfortably from comedy to drama and back again.

Adam (Mark Ruffalo), a sex addict who's managed to stay sober for five years, is nervous about re-entering the dating field despite the encouragement of his mentor Mike (Tim Robbins). He quickly changes his mind when he meets Phoebe (Gwyneth Paltrow), although he soon realises that coming clean to her about his disease will be the one of the hardest things he's ever done. At the same time, Neil (Josh Gad) struggles with the sobriety programme, desperate to hang on to his medical license but unable to overcome the worst of his symptoms.

Blumberg's efforts are laudable, even if not entirely successful. He tries to give the topic the dramatic weight it deserves, never making light of the problems suffered by Adam, Mike and Neil. In fact, he renders the affliction more easily understandable: demonstrating that it is a sickness while drawing out the implications of being addicted to something that's such a fundamental cornerstone of human relationships. But, as a result, the film dances somewhat out of Blumberg's control. He plays one relapse for laughs, and another for horror, and doesn't quite manage to knit the two extremes together.

It doesn't help that Blumberg invests most of his time in the film's blander relationships. The push and pull between Adam and Phoebe is well-acted (and a real kick for Marvel movie enthusiasts who might like to imagine Bruce Banner and Pepper Potts cheating on Tony Stark with each other), but it falters when it hits that dramatic speed-bump. Mike's troubled relationships with his long-suffering wife Katie (Joely Richardson) and drug addict son Danny (Patrick Fugit) feel forced and obvious. It's the almost joyful, fizzy friendship between Neil and fellow addict Dede (a wonderfully natural Alecia Moore a.k.a., Pink) that walks off with the film's biggest laughs and sweetest moments.

At the heart of Thanks For Sharing lies a smart, complicated message about making relationships work: how acceptance, openness and truth can go a long way towards solving seemingly insurmountable problems. Unfortunately, that message gets buried a little beneath the film's too many layers of comedy, romance and drama.

'It's like trying to quit crack while the pipe is attached to your body' Stuart Blumberg is a director who takes chances (The Girl Next Door , The Kids Are All Right, Keeping the Faith). Using a screenplay he wrote in conjunction with actor Matt Winston he approaches a subject rarely touched upon (or even known about to the general public) – sex addiction – and with the very capable assistance of a superb cast of actors he brings it off. The film may disturb some, especially those easily offended by the degree of self indulgence that story addresses, but stay with this story to the end and be enlightened and touched by the triumph of the human spirit over seemingly insurmountable odds.

The story centers around three sex addicts who must attend 12 step meetings, have a sponsor, and refrain from onanism or frottage or viewing pornography, sharing their shortcomings at eh meetings of fellow addicts. Adam (Mark Ruffalo) is an environmental consultant whose has been 'sober' for five years and has as his sponsor Mike (Tim Robbins), a small business owner married to the supportive Katie (Jowly Richardson) with whom he has a disowned alcoholic son Danny (Patrick Fugit), and who is sponsor to the obese foolhardy voyeuristic frottage obsessed ER Doc Neil (Josh Gad) whose mother Roberta (Carol Kane) has no clue about her son's debilitating condition. The three men – Adam, Mike, and Neil - interact in needy ways and each faces a crisis he must address: Adam finally meets a girl to whom he can possibly relate, breast cancer survivor Phoebe (Gwyneth Paltrow); Mike must deal with his son Danny's return to the nest; Neil becomes tied to Dede (Pink) who is a sex addict of the first order and desperate to change. It all works in at times confusing ways, but always with a focus on the fragility of the addicted human being – no matter the source of dependency.

The film has its light moments, but it is certainly more of a drama than a comedy – except for the fact that 'all of life in the human comedy.' It is good to see a capable group take on a controversial subject and deliver it well.

Somewhere between Indy cinema and mainstream Hollywood as well as treading between comedy and drama, this is not an implication that it suffers from an identity crisis but more of an affirmation that genre boundaries do not have to be definite to produce an acceptable result.

The main corpus of the story is three sex addicts and their struggle to overcome it and it makes a point that a paramount factor in recovery is not so much the discipline to abstain from sexual stimulants but being surrounded by people who you can depend upon in the good as well as the bad days. In other words, community is paramount.

Overall, it is both a pleasant and poignant story that explores the isolation and darkness associated with this condition. A minus point would be the complete lack of background information on the illness although this is more than compensated in the battle these individual give not only to get better but to be accepted by others.

So a film that is both amusing with some is no little thing.

So few films actually look at the grim reality of sexuality in modern culture and its challenges. Hollywood is still very much blue-pilled and relies on and feeds into our fantasies about love and relationships. Few films look at the dark side of the most central and powerful force in all of our lives. You have Don Jon (2013) which looks at one mans reliance on pornography, but its disappointing conclusion was that the unrealistically healthy paragon of sexuality female swooped in to heal him. A similar thing happened in Love and Other Drugs (2010). On the flip side, you have films like Nymphomaniac (2013) which show the devastating effects and suffering that arises from psycho-sexual illness. But at 6 hours long this is not for everyone, and it offers little hope or suggestion for moving forward. Thanks for Sharing is the first Hollywood film that I've seen that really is brave enough to show the dark reality of sexual desire within the context of a conventional and enjoyable Hollywood story. The first Hollywood film which even acknowledges the fact that we all have access on the internet to anything our minds can imagine and to infinitely more naked bodies and sexual imagery than has been available to most of human history. And how we are meant to just be able to say no to all of that and know how to have healthy monogamous relationships and sexual desires, something we all are living through and struggling with as perhaps the biggest social challenge of our times.

As a man, this movie makes me feel heard for the first time in a way that no other Hollywood movie has. Men have made Western society safe enough now for women to walk around wearing quite literally nothing if they wish to. Or to post an infinite amount of images of themselves wearing nothing on the internet. And some women throw that in our faces and attempt to shame us for not being able to constantly look the other way if they don't want our attention. But we cannot turn it off at will. All men know this. That it doesn't matter how much you love your wife (or husband), or how many intellectual ideas you have about respecting women or blah blah blah, the constant and unescapable temptation thrown in our faces all day every day is extremely difficult to deal with, and many of us don't have the tools to do so because of a lack of collective understanding and acceptance and lack of tutorship, and slip into extremely unhealthy patterns of sexual behaviour that have devastating effects on our lives. I absolutely applaud this film for even attempting to take a look at this. While it wasn't brilliant it was very enjoyable with likeable characters. It deals with important themes but remains light and humours and ultimately optimistic.

Women of course are going through their own challenges with sexuality, and I respect that this film tried to include that too with the character portrayed by P!nk, who has lots of instinctive sex with men she doesn't even like because the desperate need to feel wanted is so strong within her. Unfortunately though this wasn't explored as much as the masculine challenges. But this is because it is such a huge and difficult subject which cannot be explored properly in one 2-hour movie.

Adam (Mark Ruffalo) is a recovering sex addict sober for 5 year. Mike (Tim Robbins) is his sponsor. Neil (Josh Gad) is the court ordered newcomer to the help group. He struggles with the program. Adam meets Phoebe (Gwyneth Paltrow) who vowed not to date another addict and he hasn't been in a relationship for a long time. Mike's son Danny (Patrick Fugit) is a drug addict and his wife Katie (Joely Richardson) still believes in him. Neil is slacking his group work until things go wrong at work. Dede (Pink) is another new member of the group and Neil develops a friendship with her.

Recovering sex addict in a rom-com is something different. Ruffalo and Paltrow has a sweet chemistry. Josh Gad is playing the fool with limited comedic effects. Tim Robbins needs to build to the conflict better. The actors generally do a good job. The whole movie feels more manufactured rather than naturalistic. It's the subject matter. It demands to have it done realistically rather than as a device. The multi-thread structure adds to the written feel of the movie.

'THANKS FOR SHARING': Three and a Half Stars (Out of Five)

A comedy-drama film about sex addiction focusing on multiple members of a support group. It stars Mark Ruffalo, Tim Robbins, Josh Gad, Gwyneth Paltrow, Joely Richardson, Patrick Fugit and Pink (going by her real name Alecia Moore). It's co-written (with Matt Winston) and directed by Stuart Blumberg (in his directorial debut). Winston is an actor turned first-time writer and Blumberg has previously written (or co-written) such films as 'KEEPING THE FAITH', 'THE GIRL NEXT DOOR' and 'THE KIDS ARE Alright' (which also co-starred Ruffalo). The movie is funny and surprisingly dramatic in places; it's not a completely well rounded film but decent enough.

Ruffalo plays Adam, a recovering member of a sex-addict support group lead by Mike (Robbins). Other members of the group include a doctor named Neil (Gad) and a young woman named Dede (Pink). Adam just met Phoebe (Paltrow) but is of course reluctant to tell her about his problem even as things get very serious between the two. Mike's estranged son Danny (Fugit) has just returned home and is recovering from drug problems. Each member shows their support not just with each other's sex addiction but their other issues as well.

The movie is funny in places but even more than that it's a pretty hard-hitting drama as well. I was really surprised at how serious and dark the film got in places (given it's light comedic elements at other times). It's pretty uneven in that way but the characters are well thought out and the actors all do a decent job portraying them. The filmmakers also take the movie's subject matter very seriously as well and have some interesting and insightful things to say about it.

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This is now my favorite movie this year; I've completely forgotten Blue Jasmine, which was quite good…I think. All of the performances were solid and believable, but Josh Gad's 'moment of failure' completely destroyed me. He is absolutely Beta Male gold in this film, and so inspiring. The duet scenes between Paltrow and Ruffalo were magical: I fully believed in the romantic spark (I can't remember when an infatuation seemed more real on the screen.) Tim Robbins and Patrick Fugit made me cry for the SECOND time toward the end--fantastic stuff. I immediately called my wife and my brother to tell them I loved them…It's just freakin' great, this movie. However, this is NOT a romantic comedy. This is a serious drama with comedic elements. Blumburg and Winston turned in an incredible script that constantly avoided being trite or Hollywood where it easily could have for laughs. I must say that I am not surprised AT ALL at the lackluster ratings: Sex addiction is tooooo touchy for Americans.

Thanks for sharing is a 2012 American comedy drama film starring Mark Ruffalo, Gwyneth Paltrow, Josh Gad, Joely Richardson, Tim Robbins and pink. The storyline centers around 3 people undergoing a 12-step process to recover from their sexual addiction. So scanning through Netflix for something different to watch, and came across this it looked really good and surprisingly it was great. The storyline was actually really good and very believable as being a sex addict, does happen in real life as it causes a lot of problems when in relationships and it becomes an illness you can't control it was directed very well. Some fantastic acting from all the cast especially from Mark Ruffalo what incredible actor with some really good comedy from Josh Gad. I would class this movie as more of a drama /comedy certainly not a romance film a little predictable in places but still very good. Must admit I quite enjoyed it and it's certainly not boring that's for sure. A good light hearted comedy drama to watch with friends or with your partner. So if you want something completely different to watch with a great cast then this is your movie. Sit back and enjoy. Currently streaming on Netflix right now don't know how long for. Contains a little strong language sexual scenes in places.

I loved this movie!!! bravo for the brave souls who tackled it! I own a masters as a movie connoisseur, and have some familiarity with the 12 step program, myself. Amazing and righteously done! This film is so close to the experiences of an addict and or co-addict, that I was utterly convinced that the many who worked on this film really have a grasp on how quickly ones path can take a dark turn, if he/she is honest enough with themselves to broach this topic and turn themselves over to 12 step community and a higher power to get the help they need.This film elegantly captures the reality of "the life". Grace and nurture are definitely found and used, here, in the face of such grim subject matter of this film, which for some means life and death. This is a beautiful compassionate film which shows not only how tough relationships are in a "normal persons" life, but goes out of its way to show how much harder they are for those who face the imbalance of sexual/relational addiction in ones life; but it offers it in a compassionate mannerism of hope and faith in the light of such difficulties for those who are afflicted. WE still don't know what causes the mind this imbalance, but Im grateful that there are those out in the entertainment biz, who handle such delicate matters with a grace, compassion, love for our human brothers and sisters who suffer with this (and similar maladies), and maybe even offer a light to a better path...perhaps even an easier softer approach for many circumstance covered in this piece of work. Its not just a piece of art, but educational informative work and sometimes shows we can approach life with all the joy, humor and brevity needed to get us through one day at a time. Even one those played their part were showing the honesty of how humans behave and how forgiveness and love goes sooo far in the human condition of recovery. Thanks to all who worked on this film; its beautifully honest while being real.

Films about support groups and self-help programs tend to come off as softened versions of reality, in the sense that even if the problems depicted are serious enough and presented in a credible manner, better times always seem to be just around the corner. This goes for Stuart Blumberg's directorial debut Thanks for Sharing as well, a film with so much heart and sympathy that we're just waiting for the characters to get over themselves. This may sound as heavy criticism, but hey, why not call it positivity instead and simply celebrate it? There are enough pessimists around, and Blumberg certainly ain't one of them. Neither is lead character Adam, a five years "sober" sex-addict played by Mark Ruffalo, who's so affable I almost wanted to become a sex-addict myself after having watched him deal with his own and others' problems for a couple of hours. He falls in love with the fiery Gwyneth Paltrow, who must get to terms with her new lover's "condition". And please don't let these scare quotes insult you, I'm not saying sex-addiction cannot be a condition, I'm just saying that in Thanks for Sharing, everything is treated pathologically, which does put me (and I suspect others) off a bit, but which doesn't make the film less interesting. Because it absolutely is - interesting, that is. And Blumberg directs with an agreeable pace and purpose, making us care about these oddballs, with their many varieties of addictions and disorders. The ensemble acting is among the film's very best features, with Alicia Moore (aka Pink) impressing in only her second feature.

Mark Ruffalo, Tim Robbins and Josh Gad play sex addicts at different phases in their life, dealing with their addiction. Tim Robbins' son is a drug-addict who comes home stating he is clean and sober. Mark Ruffalo starts dating Gwyneth Paltrow while trying to be a sponsor to Josh Gad, a newcomer who has become friends with a female sex addict, Pink.

It's hard to tell what makes Tim Robbins and Mark Ruffalo's characters sex addicts at first. They seem more addicted to their meetings and open, talkative relationships with one another. Josh Gad's character, on the other hand, is just a normal role for that type of character to be in modern comedies. A pervert. It uncomfortably tries to make us laugh at his behavior and then condemns what it has just shown us. The film goes on to do it again later with Mark Ruffalo's character. A sex scene that shows a lot of skin in a film that says pornography is bad.

At first it's hard to tell whether scenes, outside of the meetings, are really that poorly written or just poorly improvised. We hope that maybe we'll learn something about sex addiction, since the film seems to be a big budget promotional video for 12-step programs, but we don't even get that. This lazy romantic comedy is pandering to women who already believe sex addiction is a real disease and want to sympathize with these men.

The film does do a good job at making you not hate Josh Gad's character as much towards the end, when you see he's a good guy deep down. As long as you're not a woman caught on the subway alone with him, he won't try to rape you.

This is not a funny comedy whatsoever. However Thanks for Sharing might have you laughing when the film is trying to be dramatic.