Bridges delivers the greatest performance of 2009!

Rating: 8/10 (29 January 2010)

A broken down, drained, has-been country star (Bridges) finds inspiration at rebuilding his career and life from a journalist (Gyllenhaal) and her 4-year-old son (Nation). Jeff Bridges delivers a fantastic performance — the best of 2009 — as an all-to-real cranky old country alcoholic, with a singing performance on par with Willis Alan Ramsey or Jerry Jeff Walker, and even a touch of the well-loved Dude from "The Big Lebowski". Colin Farrell plays a supporting character as the country star Bad Blake could've been. Farrell too does an astonishing musical performance. The love story is a bit unbelievable, but a solid script and great acting makes your heart melt nevertheless. The acting couldn't be better, but what about the story? The tale of a person that's more typical than unique makes this film only worth watching once.
*** (out of four)