MOVIE · 2009

Crazy Heart

DramaRomanceWestern112 min

Jeff Bridges is Bad Blake, a seen-better-days country music legend whose alcoholism and hard-living routine have worn down both his career and his personal life. When a newspaper interview brings him together with Jean Craddock, Maggie Gyllenhaal’s Jean becomes an unexpected presence in his orbit, along with her young son. Their connection gives Blake a reason to imagine something steadier, even as he struggles with guilt, memory, and the habits that have defined him for years. Country songs and worn-down road life frame a story centered on a musician trying to change before another chance slips away.