Crazy Heart

12 Ratings: 4.2

Musical-drama movie featuring Jeff Bridges.

Crazy Heart is a 2009 American musical-drama film, written and directed by Scott Cooper and based on the 1987 novel of the same name by Thomas Cobb. Jeff Bridges plays Bad Blake, a down-and-out country music singer/songwriter who tries to turn his life … see full wiki

Tags: Movies, Drama Movies, Jeff Bridges, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Scott Cooper, Musicaldrama

Cast: Jeff Bridges, Colin Farrell, Maggie Gyllenhaal

Genre: Drama, Western

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review by allihester. July 27, 2010

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Toe Tapping and Heart Wrenching Romance

Jeff Bridges stars in his Academy Award winning performance as Bad Blake, a washed-up country music singer who has resorted to traveling alone in a beat-up pickup truck, staying in low-buck motels and performing in bowling alleys. His only friend, the bottle, has also become his worst enemy. Then he meets Jean, a beautiful young reporter (Maggie Gyllenthal), who is also a fan. They begin an unlikely romance as Blake falls in … more

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review by KonaCat. May 25, 2010

"Life, unfortunately."

Bad Blake (Jeff Bridges) is a sick, old, bum of a country singer whose better days are long gone. Reduced to one-nighters in bowling alleys, he stumbles through his shows in a drunken haze, but still knows how to please the groupies. On one stopover, he meets Jean (Maggie Gyllenhaal), a young reporter and single mother. Though she's been sorely disappointed by men before, the two begin an unlikely love affair. I was prepared to dislike this movie because … more

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