Crazy Heart
Directed by Scott Cooper
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A FADED COUNTRY MUSIC MUSICIAN IS FORCED TO REASSESS HIS DYSFUNCTIONAL LIFE DURING A DOOMED ROMANCE THAT ALSO INSPIRES HIM.Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #10 in DVD
- Brand: TCFHE
- Released on: 2010-04-20
- Rating: R (Restricted)
- Formats: AC-3, Color, Dolby, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
- Number of discs: 1
- Running time: 112 minutes
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In a career filled with unforced, naturalistic performances, Jeff
Bridges gives one of his finest in Crazy Heart. His oft-married,
booze-soaked troubadour Bad Blake has just rolled into Santa Fe when he
meets Maggie Gyllenhaal's journalist Jean. "Where do all the songs come
from?" she asks during their initial encounter. "Life, unfortunately,"
he sighs. Against Jean's better judgment, her fling with Blake blooms
into a full-fledged relationship. Between gigs, Blake hangs out with the
divorcée and her 4-year-old son, with whom he establishes an instant
rapport, possibly because the musician is just an overgrown kid himself
(and also because he hasn't seen his own boy in years). While Blake
plays juke joints, his protégé, Tommy Sweet (Colin Farrell, cast against
type to fine effect), plays stadiums, but just when director Scott
Cooper's debut seems to be going down the same path as A Star Is Born,
Sweet offers his mentor an opportunity that could revive his
reputation--at the expense of his still-healthy ego. Between Jean and
Tommy, things start looking up for Blake until a critical error puts his
stab at redemption in jeopardy. Once Robert Duvall enters the scene as
Blake's favorite bartender, it's clear that Cooper has Tender Mercies
in his sights, but Crazy Heart, which features music by T-Bone
Burnett and rough-hewn singing by its Golden Globe-winning star, plays
more like a sincere cover version than a strikingly original
composition. Still, like Duvall's in Tender Mercies, Bridges's
performance is Oscar-worthy. --Kathleen C. Fennessy
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