Crazy Heart

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  • Opened December 16, 2009 
  • 1 hr 51 min
  • R | language and brief sexuality

  • Parents: Common Sense Media says Iffy for 17+. More on child suitability

  • 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. As he struggles down the road of redemption, Bad learns the hard way just how tough life can be on one man’s crazy heart. Full synopsis

  • Cast: Jeff Bridges, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Robert Duvall, Tom Bower, Colin Farrell
  • Director: Scott Cooper
  • Genres: Art House/Foreign, Drama, Romance

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Philadelphia Inquirer
| Steven Rea

Crazy Heart is the real thing, and a real gem. Read full review

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New York Daily News
| Joe Neumaier

Gyllenhaal is charming and makes unexpected choices in her performance, but this is Bridges' show, and he's as Best Actor-worthy as he's ever been. Read full review

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Chicago Sun-Times
| Roger Ebert

Jeff Bridges is a virtual certainty to win his first Oscar, after four nominations. Read full review

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Wall Street Journal
| Joe Morgenstern

Crazy Heart is blessed with so many marvelous moments, lovely lines and vivid characters. Read full review

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Jeff Bridges as Bad Blake and Maggie Gyllenhaal as Jean in "Crazy Heart."