"Bad" Blake drinks, smokes, watches Spanish Telenovelas and on the side is a former star singer-songwriter. The film's dry pacing and lack of additional romantic sequences water-down Bad and Jean’s love affair and does not allow the viewer to fully invest in its characters especially Jean. Worse, it makes Jean a simple villain of heartache instead of the complex lover / mother she is hinted to become, partially implied in the last scenes. Bridges deserved an award but not for this film. Still, Crazy Heart is somewhat believable and reminds one of the great HBO TV movies from the 1990s.
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