Crazy Heart starring Jeff Bridges as “has-been” Country Singer “Bad” Blake will seem familiar to you if you’ve seen the 2009 movie The Wrestler starring Mickey Rourke. The two stories are almost interchangeable. Crazy Heart was directed by Scott Cooper and based on the novel by Thomas Cobb.
Jeff Bridges portrayal of a washed up drunk was believable and at times a little too graphic. We felt that the balance was tipped a little too much towards the dark side of “Bad” and the little charm he did reveal was too little, too late. He had a habit of wearing his pants undone when he was alone drinking and so scene after scene of that got a little tiring. We did get the point – he was a drunken mess.
On the light side of the balance was Maggie Gyllenhall who we all could have used a little more of. She plays kdkd dkdkdk, a small town newspaper reporter who interviews “Bad” and falls in love with him. We were thoroughly convinced she had fallen for “Bad” and knew it wasn’t going to work.
It is yet another love story that is doomed from the start but ends with the hope that everyone has a chance at a re-do no matter how old they are or how much they have lost.
Comical highlights include appearances by Irish hunk Colin Farrel as Country heartthrob Tommy Sweet. He manages to almost look like a cowboy and sound like one too! However, his lip syncing needs some work. Robert Duvall delivers his best as buddy Wayne.
I think this one just missed the mark, although we were impressed with Gyllenhall and Bridges’ performances.
The Rave Review rated this film a 2 out of 5.
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