I saw Crazy Heart tonight at The Crest, another great film at my favorite theater. While watching it, I thought to myself, “Does anyone completely own their character better than Jeff Bridges?” He totally deserved the Oscar nod for best actor this year, with his performance in this film.
Crazy Heart is the story about Bad Blake (Bridges), a talented, but aging country singer on the back end of his career. Struggling with the unhealthy lifestyle of alcoholism- Blake begins to turn his life around with a relationship with a young small town journalist (Maggie Gyllenhaal), and opportunities from his former disciple of music, Tommy Sweet (Colin Farrell). Although, the road to recovery is certainly filled with roadblocks, mistakes, and challenges along the way. Backed by fantastic music (sung by Bridges), Crazy Heart offers a great balance of witty humor and hardnosed struggle- as genuine humanity comes to the screen by the brilliant acting of Jeff Bridges. I give the film a solid B+.
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