5.0
out of 100
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Jeff Bridges is a virtual certainty to win his first Oscar, after four nominations.
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A small movie perfectly scaled to the big performance at its center.
On a par with Bridges' acting, and a sine qua non for Crazy Heart's success, is the excellent music he sings.
Bridges' guileless performance makes this piquant little indie tale of country music, redemption, and the love of a pretty younger woman such a sad-song charmer.
Ever-youthful in his looks and energy, Bridges now stands as one of Hollywood's great old pros, incapable of making a false move.
Crazy Heart, based on a 1987 novel by Thomas Cobb, also has great music. Even if you're not a country music fan, the songs, by T Bone Burnett and the late Stephen Bruton, are infectious.
Crazy Heart lacks that spark of originality. So what Fox Searchlight has salvaged essentially is a highly watchable performance by Bridges, one of many he has furnished throughout a long career.
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Honky tonk man finds love and...Oscar?
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He got drunk the day his momma got out of prison.
