Thursday, January 7, 2010

Crazy Heart

Drama
4 stars
Great acting, but difficult to watch. Jeff Bridges stars as a washed up, has-been country star who is a hygiene deficient drunk. He meets the ever talented Maggie Gyllenhaal who inspires him, somewhat, to start writing music again. What she sees in this slob of a man is beyond me. This is one of those movies that gets great raves for superb acting, but is absolutely no fun to watch. If you want to watch a man stumble and stagger his way through life with his pants undone and intermittent vomiting, then hey, go for it. If you’d prefer another serious movie with great acting that is not nearly as depressing (but a little scary), I highly recommend Brothers with Tobey Maguire.

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