Crazy Heart

The harder the life, the sweeter the song.


Crazy Heart
Jeff Bridges gives an Oscar-worthy performance is this tale of an over-the-hill country singer. He's 57, alcoholic and struggling to survive. An interview with a pretty young journalist leads to friendship, and things start looking up. His protege, now more famous than him, also tries to help, but he is so set in his ways that change is difficult. Nevertheless they persevere, and the chance to write a new song helps settle things down.

110 minutes.
No persons under 13 (Language, Sex).
Drama, Musical, Romance, On the art circuit

Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.

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Credits

Cast
Jeff Bridges, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Robert Duvall, Colin Farrell
Director
Scott Cooper
ScreenplayScott Cooper, from the novel by Thomas Cobb
MusicStephen Bruton, T-Bone Burnett
CinematographyBarry Markowitz
EditingJohn Axelrad
Sound formatsDolby
SoundtrackAvailable
Made in2009
Produced byButcher's Run Films, Informant Media

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Film and Publications Board (FPB) Report (SA)

GenreDrama
LanguageStrong
NudityNone
SexBrief
ViolenceNone
PrejudiceNone
BlasphemyMild
Drug abuseNone
CommentsA sensitive uplifting film in the end.
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ScreenIt Report (USA)

Sex / Nudity
4
Violence
2
Blood / Gore / Gross
2
Guns / Weapons
0
Profanity
5
Alcohol / Drugs
5
Smoking
5
Disrespectful / Bad Attitude
4
Imitative Behaviour
3
Frightening / Tense Scenes
2
Jump Scenes
0
Tense Family Scenes
4
Music (Scary/Tense)
0
Music (Inappropriate)
1
Topics to talk about
4


Ratings

Scale (Max)20

What the Critics say

Cape Argus / The Star
Lara de Matos
10
Die Burger
Jeanne Calitz quote iconBlake, die rustelose troebadoer
10
Cape Times
Kenneth Turan quote iconStar shines as a faded legend
15
Box Office
Wade Major quote iconA standout performance by Jeff Bridges in a drama that was almost lost to straight-to-video obscurity
15
Chicago Sunday Times
Roger Ebert quote iconJeff Bridges is a virtual certainty to win his first Oscar, after four nominations.
20
eye Weekly
Adam Nyman
10
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers quote iconEven when you know what's coming, Crazy Heart haunts you like a classic country song. It's a mesmerizer. So is Bad Blake. This dude also abides.
15
ScreenIt
C. Fuchs quote iconIf there's one complaint about the offering, however, it's that the basic plot doesn't shine as brightly as its star.
12
Metacritic.com
32 critics
17
Rottentomatoes critics
147 critics
15
Rottentomatoes tomatometer
Tomatometer quote iconThanks to a captivating performance from Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart transcends its overly familiar origins and finds new meaning in an old story.
19

What the People say

Internet
2582 Netizens quote iconIt's ''The Weary Kind'' for Bridges that Soars.
16

Average .. 73%

15

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