Focused, Well-Acted Story of Recovery

Rating: 8/10 (3 April 2010)

"Crazy Heart" is one of the better movies of 2009 thanks to the usual winning combination of great writing, acting, and directing. Jeff Bridges is fully deserving of his Oscar Award, believable as ever as a complete alcoholic trying to latch onto something with meaning in his broken down life. With his character, the road-weary country-star Bad Blake, you can tell he's put in loads of practice time at performance including singing and playing guitar, and it comes off heartily genuine. Especially wonderful for me were the first 20 minutes or so of the movie before the main storyline picked up, I thoroughly enjoyed his actions and reactions to the Midwest town-folk - and his almost aversion to getting up on stage while inebriated. I thought supporting cast members all were better than satisfactory as well, this movie is very much worth a look if you like dramas.