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Dec 16, 2009 · “Crazy Heart,” written and directed by Scott Cooper, is a small movie perfectly scaled to the big performance at its center. It offers some picturesque views of out-of-the-way parts of the ...
Dec 16, 2009 · Scott Cooper. Director, Screenplay. Thomas Cobb. Novel. When reporter Jean Craddock interviews Bad Blake—an alcoholic, seen-better-days country music legend—they connect, and the hard-living crooner sees a possible saving grace in a life with Jean and her young son.
Apr 20, 2010 · Also, Crazy Heart eschews the devices of murder and mayhem, car chases through crowded streets, vampire erotica, 3-D extravaganza or easy hero vs. villain pap. Besides the sound track, some visual "landscapes" and great locations and sets, you are pretty much stuck with character development and dialog to carry the day.
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'Crazy Heart' is a simple but emotionally resonant movie about a 57-year-old alcoholic country singer whose career is on the skids. There's not much to the story, but not much is necessary with Jeff Bridges as the singer, Bad Blake; Colin Farrell as Tommy Sweet, his handsome acolyte, now a big country music star; Maggie Gyllenhaal as Jean Craddock, a small-time New Mexico journalist with a ...
