VeteranLight I don't have all the words right now but this film is a work of art.

Doomtomylo a film so unique, intoxicating and bizarre that it not only demands another viewing, but is also forgivable as a satirical comedy where the jokes eventually take the back seat.

AnhartLinkin This story has more twists and turns than a second-rate soap opera.

Kien Navarro Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

caramia2002 I did not know that Jeff Bridges won an Oscar for this until I was a quarter into it. I was shocked. The first thing I thought was that it must have been a very weak field, indeed. I love Jeff Bridges but you can see every bone in his body acting as he tries but fails to find the character or a great performance. Too obvious, insincere Kristofferson gravely voice. He has done better and for which he deserved an Oscar. Shame he got one for this, and I imagine he is more than a little sheepish, esp if he is the genuine actor I think he is and can still see through his ego.This movie has been made many times, and much, much better. Tender Mercies, Payday, A Star is Born, Rock Star (even the Kristofferson version is much, much better than this movie, and you get the real guy). Not to mention more recent fare, like Walk the Line and the James Brown biopic (I dare you to compare Juaquin Phoenix's Johnny Cash to Bridges here!). That is a list of movies to see and unlike this one, they are memorable in a way that makes you rewatch them. True Oscar worthy performances in many. There is not a creative bone anywhere in this movie. The writing and direction are phoned in. Character motivation is zip, esp for Maggie Gyllenhaal, which makes the relationship between them gross. No convincing motivation for anyone. Colin Farrell is the class of the cast in his small role as Bridges' old student now famous. In a *good* movie, Farrell wouldn't have stood out as much, as the bar would have been so much higher and Farrell's performance expected.Robert Duvall has a couple scenes (fitting, since this tries to be Tender Mercies II) and in one he manages to completely negate and dehumanize a Mexican immigrant. The truly sad thing and why I bring this up is that this scene is completely redundant and unnecessary. Duvall speaks Spanish to a guy he calls 'Jesus', who is pushing a mop pail across the floor. Duvall abruptly says, irritated, "Someday I am going to teach you English!". When Juan or Bridges (I forget and am NOT watching it again) points out that his name is really Juan, Duvall says, "Juan, Jesus, whatever your name is, who cares?" Juan is immediately turned into "one of those". The man is not important enough to be correctly named. Just "one of THEM", even though he is the only one left who is helping keep the bar open and has perhaps known Duvall a while. No, there was no appearance of Duvall being a spacey old coot, just mean-spirited and as if Juan was generic and replaceable, as many see immigrants. Duvall is powerful enough that he doesn't have to speak lines like that, but he did. I am just wondering how desperate Richard Gallegos was to do the role of Juan. They could have written any character into that role. Duvall's character's crusty old wife, a crusty old friend, his son, his best friend, and on and on. To be fair, the doctor who attends Bridges', earlier, seems to be Hispanic (they ARE in New Mexico and Arizona, after all) and that was a very good call. But that good diversity moment was negated with this unforgivable, stereotypical and insulting scene. But the director must take all responsibility for this nonsense, in the end. So he has written a terrible script (not just because of this, which seemed ad libbed, anyway) and directed a terrible movie, shot like a commercial, only slower. We never get a good look at some of the beautiful scenery the movie is shot in. I have lived in the southern New Mexico wasteland and was looking forward to that odd beauty, as well as driving into the gorgeous mountains as you go north, but the cinematographer doesn't allow us to settle our gaze upon the scenery.

danielsanchezmendoza With all the talent in the world to do and be happy, but having talent is not synonymous with intelligence, and it has been shown over and over again. Most of the human beings learn, when it is almost too late, but it punishes you is the same that is benevolent with you, time. Time gives you an opportunity to Bad Blade, which already at the insistence of life realizes that it is never too late to try again to give a better end to our lives, but it turns out that a small defect makes the possibility of that end, the vice of alcohol. This is recommended for us to learn history, but again and again we ask, no chance to make those changes? For love he is able to help those changes, to win, but in the end only you have the last word and to get to that point something magical must inspire, but in most of the case back to mistakes. However, even so, it is never too late to change and try again, only this time if, convinced that we can now conclude, as a soldier returning home.

Mr-Fusion If I had to describe "Crazy Heart", I'd call it a country song that's been thrown up onto the big screen. And I say that in the most complimentary fashion because it's the kind of quiet, worn-down cowboy song that sneaks up behind you and does so without being ostentatious or melodramatic.The cast here all hold their own (between Maggie Gyllenhaal, Robert Duvall and Colin Farrell), but it's the star turn from Jeff Bridges that really makes this shine. He embodies the pain and self-recrimination of a has-been performer on the downslope of life. Like the rest of the movie, he's organic and the award-winning performance speaks for itself. 7/10

JP Miler Saw this movie tonight and I have to say: what a good surprise! It made me realize so many things and so many thoughts crossed my mind. First of all, a special honour to one of the greatest actors alive: Jeff Bridges. He is the movie! Such a good acting! This movie is such an inspiration because it can give us a refreshing perspective of life and it's all based in one sentence: It's never too late to change! It's never too late to make a new path, to love, to rebuild yourself as a person! Everybody say that life's too short ... well, this movie shows exactly that you've got to keep moving forward no matter what bad things or bad choices you make. Just keep living, keep doing good things and you'll always get payback! Highly recommended movie.