Crazy Heart is the story of country music legend, Bad Blake (Jeff Bridges), as he travels across the country in his own rusted-out truck to play in shifty venues. Blake battles jealousy, alcoholism, responsibility, and falling in love along the way. As all these stressors come to a head, Bad Blake is forced to reevaluate the dysfunctional life he calls his own.
Jeff Bridges sings six songs in the film, including "Fallin' & Flyin'", the song that first catapulted Bad Blake onto the music scene decades ago.
Bridges is supported by Maggie Gyllenhaal (Jean Craddock) and Colin Farrell (Tommy Sweet). Farrell was highly unbelievable as a country music performer, and though Gyllenhaal did an adequate job, neither had a fighting chance to impress with the job Bridges did.
(An note of Oscar irony: The character George Clooney played in Up in the Air was named Ryan Bingham. The character Tony in Crazy Heart is played by the real-life Ryan Bingham, a bull rider turned singer/song writer. He has two songs on the film's soundtrack, "I Don't Know" and "The Weary Kind" (the movie's theme song).
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