Crazy Heart
Crazy Heart (2009) Crazy Heart is a very moving character study, even though repeat viewings have revealed some flaws in the final act. The lead performances are stellar. Jeff Bridges so completely inhabits Bad Blake, an over the hill country music singer from Texas whose best days are far behind him, it feels like Bridges has been playing Blake his whole career. He often wears a cowboy hat, like a lot of Texans from that generation and Bridges relates the character’s backstory as a weathered man without sentimentality. Bad Blake is the kind of guy anyone would love to hang out with but for much of the film you would not want to attach yourself to him too much or you will be hurt. The beauty of the film is that the viewer sees the cyclical nature of how much Blake has lost with his drinking and how he unsuccessfully hides from his pain by going to the bottle. The film clearly establishes how talented Blake is. He loves country music and writes appealing and occasionally soulful son