Crazy Heart

Title: Crazy Heart
Year: 2009
Director: Scott Cooper
Lead: Jeff Bridges, Maggie Gyllenhaal,
Rated: Rated R for language and brief sexuality.

An aging, out of shape, alcoholic, chronic smoking, country musician loses everything before he finds a reason to make something out of himself.

I went into this movie with no expectations, and I left this movie as a huge fan. Jeff Bridges will win an Oscar for Best Actor. This movie is a great country movie, the music is great, the story is great, and the cinematography is grade "A". Plenty of gorgeous shots of the country. Crazy Heart is a very bittersweet film, its sad that Jeff's character has to lose everything before he realizes that he needs to quit his bad habits. The story is very good, Maggie Gyllenhaal is fantastic alongside Jeff Bridges, the two make an unstoppable acting duo. Both are likely to walk away from the Academy Awards with an award. I'm a little bit disappointed that Crazy Heart wasn't nominated for Best Picture, it was fantastic, everybody should catch this one while they still can, especially before March 7th. Crazy Heart has won a Golden Globe for Best Actor in Jeff Bridges, and Best Original Song in "The Weary Kind". Jeff Bridges has also won a SAG award for Best Actor. Crazy Heart has been nominated for 3 Oscars including Best Original Song-"The Weary Kind", Best Actor in Jeff Bridges, and Best Supporting Actress in Maggie Gyllenhaal. Go see it! 8 1/2 out of 10