14 Tools For Inner Work From ‘Stutz’
The new documentary doubles down as a personal therapy session
If the oncoming winter has you feeling caught between hibernating a la Netflix-n-Cuddle style and the nagging pressure to do something productive with your time, queue up Stutz.
At first glance, this new documentary by Jonah Hill seems like it could be a self-indulgent experiment thrown together out of boredom by a big celebrity in between jobs. The movie is billed as a candid interview between Jonah and his therapist, leading psychologist Phil Stutz.
Why listen to an hour and a half of a celebrity gripping about his problems when I have enough of my own? I almost skipped along but Netflix had once again removed Shameless for some inexplicable reason, cutting into my current default binge-a-thon. The reel of this new flick on my front page was more enticing than staring at my mounting watch list paralyzed by choices. I clicked play.
Within minutes, it’s apparent that Stutz is more than a “woe is me” story. Stutz’s humbling and frank persona delivers practical tools for any audience while emphasizing that the doctor is not exempt from the depth and breadth of mental struggles; it is mental health activism in motion.
