One of the Year's Best Films

Rating: 9/10 (10 March 2010)

My girlfriend and I saw Crazy Heart and we really enjoyed it a lot thanks to solid performances from Jeff Bridges, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Colin Farrell. Bridges' portrayal of down and out country singer Bad Blake was so outstanding and he deserved the Oscar for Best Actor.
What made Crazy Heart a great movie was that Bridges did his own singing and it was not dubbed or lipsynched. The soundtrack, which included a number of songs written by T-Bone Burnett added a lot to the picture.
Director Scott Cooper made the right choice in casting Bridges for Bad. Cooper had the role written especially for him and it was very good for Bad. Crazy Heart was definitely one of the year's best films.