Son, I've played sick, drunk, divorced, and on the run.

Rating: 8/10 (31 May 2010)

Jeff Bridges won an Oscar for his portrayal of a washed up country music star that is now reduced to playing bowling alleys -- when he isn't too drunk.
He meets Jane (Maggie Gyllenhaal) and things go up and down until he makes a fatal mistake. It's then that he gets his life together and quits drinking.
He starts writing songs again and he does well.
Bridges was magnificent in a formula film that has been made many times before. Gyllenhaal was the best I have seen her.
Robert Duvall and Colin Farrell were good as his real friends that helped him get his life back together.