Jeff Bridges plays Bad Blake. He does more than that. He becomes Bad Blake. There are some roles in movies that for one reason or another, are so incredibly believable, that you forget you are watching a movie. You are watching a real person go through real experiences. Everything Bridges does in this role, is Bad Blake. He struggles, he smiles, he falls in love. We are held at a distance from Bad. Just as he holds all others from getting too close. His protege is the new country star, and it doesn't sit too well with Bad. He has fallen from grace and now must watch from the bowling alleys and dive bars of the world that his old Suburban can drag him to.
I'm not a huge country music fan, but I appreciate good country music. There is plenty of good old fashioned country music with heart in this film. Songs that mean something, were written with heart and not pop-tarts.
"Crazy Heart" made me laugh, cry, and reflect. But I did not judge. It was too immersive. That's how it's done.
