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  March 5, 2010

  mrpopcorn

  "The harder the life, the sweeter the song."
  
  A faded country music musician is forced to reassess his dysfunctional life during a doomed romance that also inspires him.
  
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  Bridges gives an ...( read more)Oscar-worthy performance as washed-up, alcoholic C&W singer Bad Blake, whose attempt at a much-needed comeback has some pitfalls along the way to sobriety and redemption: namely a budding journalist years younger paramour (Gyllenhaal spot-on perfect as usual) whose love affair proves to be the better for the couple in the long run in spite of its rocky road. First time filmmaker Scott Cooper ? who also adapted the Thomas Cobb novel ? allows his star a tailor-made vehicle to really sink his teeth into such a meaty character ? and Bridges rises to the occasion beautifully (and points for taking on the task of composing original songs to sing and produced by wunderkind T.Bone Burnett). A real indie gem diamond in the rough.

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  March 1, 2010

  sanjurosamurai

  bridges is getting a lot of hype for his performance, and its deserved because it might legitimately be the best performance of 2009, but the rest of the film is being ignored entirely too much. the movie is just flat out excellent. a rugged and penetrating story, this film hol...( read more)ds its own among the heavy dose of both factual and fictional biopics released in the past decade. im not even a big fan of country and the soundtrack impressed me quite a bit, and the story stands out as one worth telling. a wonderful film.

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  February 23, 2010

  366weirdmovies

  Has-been country star Bad Blake is stuck in a holding pattern of singing his ancient hits in dives and bowling alleys and drinking himself to death until he decides to clean up hie life and career. Jeff Bridges superlative performance is always fun to watch and makes it easy to ...( read more)root for him; add in some comedy, a June-November romance, and an uplifting ending and you have a real crowd-pleasing drama.

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  February 17, 2010

  moonrivers

  a old school broken down country music man looks in the mirror one morning ... and realises that he's really broken down. now what? essentially the examination of male midlife crisis, not an unfamiliar story, it's given life solely by the empathetic performances of it's lead c...( read more)haracters.

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  January 29, 2010

  hobster1

  Poignant character study of Bad Blake, an aging country singer whose existence is something of a mess, until, that is, he meets a young female reporter. Actor Jeff Bridges embraces the personality of the ragged, seen it all country singer so convincingly it doesn't even feel li...( read more)ke a performance, it feels like real life. He even sings his own music. It is a brilliantly restrained achievement, a portrait long remembered even after the story fades from memory. Actress Maggie Gyllenhaal, almost 30 years his junior, supports him nicely as the woman who gives his life new meaning.

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  March 8, 2010

  RadarHead

  A story of a worn/torn alpha-male, musk worn off, trying to do a little house work (in the vein of "The Wrestler"). Somewhat safe, somewhat mute, but also well-acted and pretty well scored. The minuses may win out here, but the pluses give them a decent run for their money.

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  March 8, 2010

  SexiVixxEN

  This movie reminded me of a fine split between Walk the Line and The Wrestler.Very cool and surprising to see Colin Farrell is this one.The little boy in the movie is too cute!Pretty good movie overall.Check it out!

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  March 8, 2010

  fm014

  It reminded me of "The Wrestler" and I can understand that especially the actors and the songs stand out so much. The plot itself is not so original.

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  March 8, 2010

  theloneowl

  Di getto mi è venuto da scrivere "Jeff Bridges da Oscar", poi ho realizzato, l'ha vinto meno di 24 ore fa.
  Che dire? Probabilmente nessun altro avrebbe mai potuto interpretare Bad Blake in questo modo, sarebbe stato un film incompleto e forse neanche tanto emozionante, la fine mi...( read more) ha spezzato il cuore, è stato praticamente impossibile non piangere un pochino.
  La voce di Jeff potrei ascoltarla per ore e ore, ha un qualcosa di avvolgente e rassicurante.
  Io-amo-quell'-uomo.

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  March 8, 2010

  CraigJay

  Heart warming, simple story, phenomenal performance from Mr Bridges.

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