The 
harder the life, the sweeter the song.
In most cases, country music is not my preference out of all music genres. However, Crazy Heart, based on a 1987 novel, has caught my interest for two main reasons. First, I tend to have an attraction toward films that portray individual stories; a person’s struggle, strength, and endurance, or how one’s life is profoundly changed through interactions and connections with others. Viewers are able to relate to a particular situation, if not the character(s) through these kinds of films. The second reason is Jeff Bridges. Jeff Bridges has played various roles from a software engineer battling in a virtual world (TRON) to a slacking bowler mistaken for a millionaire (The Big Lebowski) to a drug-addicted father (Tideland). Unlike Denzel Washington and Keanu Reeves, who give us one-dimensional characters in every one of their films, Jeff Bridges has the ability to distinctively separate each role, presenting an authentic, unique person for each particular movie.
Plot summary: Bad Blake (Jeff Bridges) is a broken-down, hard-living country music singer who’s had way too many marriages, far too many years on the road and one too many drinks way too many times. And yet, Bad can’t help but reach for salvation with the help of Jean (Maggie Gyllenhaal), a journalist who discovers the real man behind the musician.
(Trailer below)
Released: December 16th 2009 (limited)
DVD release has not been dated yet.
