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Director: Scott Cooper. With Jeff Bridges, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Robert Duvall, Colin Farrell
BAD BLAKE was a successful songwriter and a popular star on the country-and-western circuit until drink got the better of him. Now reduced to playing in bars in towns that, like him, have seen far better days, he agrees to an interview with a Santa Fe journalist (Gyllenhaal). Soon smitten, Bad comes to realize that a last chance for personal redemption and renewal lies in his own, rather shaky, hands. Crazy Heart has high quality songs and an excellent feel for a musician’ s life on the road. It also boasts several fine performances that respect what is essentially a sweet and touching story, thus making us care more about the characters.
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