Release Date: December 16, 2009 (LA/NY)February 5, 2010
Genre: Drama
Director: Scott Cooper
Writer: Scott Cooper
Cast: Jeff Bridges, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Robert Duvall, Sarah Jane Morris
Studio: Fox Searchlight Pictures
Running Time: 111 minutes
MPAA Rating: Rated R for language and brief sexuality.
Four-time Academy Award nominee Jeff Bridges stars as the richly comic, semi-tragic romantic anti-hero Bad Blake in the debut feature film "Crazy Heart" from writer-director Scott Cooper. Bad Blake is a broken-down, hard-living country music singer who's had way too many marriages, far too many years on the road and one too many drinks way too many times. And yet, Bad can't help but reach for salvation with the help of Jean (Maggie Gyllenhaal), a...
Movie Review
America loves a comeback story, and sadly a lot of Americans love country music, which means the drama Crazy Heart should be an easy sell for audiences this January. A film by and large flying under the radar this awards season, Crazy Heart stars Jeff Bridges as a down-and-out alcoholic musician who discovers a second chance with his career and his life. The movie is good, but it's Bridges' performance that takes it to the next level.
