Long awaited and well worth the wait...

Rating: 9/10 (30 April 2011)

I don't why it took me so long to watch this movie. It floated around in my backpack for almost a month... and then I viewed it twice in three days...
As one familiar with alcohol abuse issues and the way it tears lives apart, it was hard to watch in places. I kept thinking, "Uh oh... this can't be good". But first rate performances by the entire cast with special nods to Maggie (I can't type her last name), Colin and especially the small but pivotal role played so well of course, by Robert Duvall.
We need more of these kind of movies and not more slash and explosion flicks. T Bone Burnett excelled again with the music and I would recommend this Academy Award winner as a must see... Jeff Bridges is getting older and better. And he can play a pretty mean guitar!