Crazy Heart
With too many years of hazy days and boozy nights,former country-music legend Bad Blake is reduced to playing dives and bowling alleys. But Bad Blake is forced to reassess his dysfunctional life during a doomed romance that also inspires him.
18 September 1949, Gadsden, Alabama, USA
31 May 1976, Castleknock, Dublin, Ireland
16 November 1977, Lower East Side, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
14 March 1943, Cuba
3 January 1938, Denver, Colorado, USA
October 30, 2012
With great performances from Bridges and Gyllenhaal, Crazy Heart is a winner and a must-see.
March 18, 2011
Bridges' worn down country singer is as well realized as any character he's ever done. It may take a while to get going, and to develop, and to wrap up, but there's enough meat to make Crazy Heart worthwhile, even if it is made to last a while.
January 27, 2010
This performance reminds us that Bridges is that rare actor who has never had to make that apology. Crazy Heart lets him be every bit as grand as we'd hope him to be.
October 21, 2010
Cooper is so afraid of being bold and baring some soul, he achieves little more than the anachronistic, cookie-cutter blues that his lead character spent a lifetime trying to avoid.
January 20, 2010
Crazy Heart is a familiar tune, but the harmonies reverberate.
January 27, 2010
Cooper lets you experience Blake's gradual reawakening right along with him, and Bridges' superb performance -- not the slight plot -- carries the weight.
January 15, 2010
When a movie offers you a couple of hours with a drunk, he better be a charmer. And even then, it's a gamble; we've all known charming drunks, but a little can go a long way. Fortunately for Crazy Heart, it has Jeff Bridges, who brings enough charm and ve
January 22, 2010
The movie belongs entirely to Bridges, who won the Golden Globe for best actor in a drama. His inimitable Jeff-isms have never been more endearing - the sloppy gait, the whiskey glass balanced on his chest, his general air of discombobulation.
July 22, 2012
Basically a live-action version of the cliche country-western song with a man down on his luck and losing everything in his life, it comes close to being a joke about itself.
July 04, 2010
Barry Markowitz's camerawork at times captures the hazy heat of the American southwest, giving it a sepia-toned warmth, while this grainy wash gives Blake's late-night bender scenes a green-about-the-gills feel.
February 19, 2010
Crazy Heart feels familiar, even comforting, offering few surprises but a wealth of lovingly crafted, immaculately judged, wholly authentic emotion.
January 31, 2011
Played by a gracefully aging Jeff Bridges, Bad is an older, greasier and groggier version of The Dude
