Every once in a while a movie comes out to little fanfare, high critical acclaim, and to little commercial success. That is the new Jeff Bridges flick, Crazy Heart.
Whether you are a Bridges fan or not, this is a role of a lifetime for him. It's good to see a good actor get a great role and seemingly be born to play it. When the Oscars are distributed in March, he may be tough to beat.
Crazy Heart is a fictional story of Bad Blake. He is a a 57 year- old outlaw country singer from Texas. His best days are behind him as far a success is concerned. Now he's broke, a drunk, a chain smoker, and traveling alone doing once night stand gigs, basically to support his awful habits. But one saving grace for Blake. He can still sing and is a very gifted songwriter. There are many people in his life that are still trying to help him navigate through this world, but his self-destructive behavior keeps getting in the way.
This is great story that goes deep into his character and the supporting characters and tells a story that is very honest that can, and will make you uncomfortable at times. Also, the original country music in Crazy Heart is really first class. A whole group of original songs that really are the strength of this movie along with Bridges first rate performance. Also, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Robert Duvall, and Colin Firth star, and are all terrific as the people trying hard to get Blake through.
Besides Bridges, the star of this movie is...the movie, and the story. It's a true to life story that really spells out that many times in life some things can be fixed, and others can't, or are not meant to be fixed. This is a moving story that will undoubtedly be relateable to you on some level. Also, you don't have to be big country music fan to enjoy it, but it doesn't hurt. Crazy Heart is also filmed beautifully with wonderful vantage points for us to enjoy, and give us a front row seat to this wonderful story.
Crazy Heart. A first class movie, that hopefully won't be lost at the box office. Bridges - Fantastic!
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