Jeff Bridges plays a fantastic sad sack country singer but even this scripted oscar bait material doesn't compel me to feel anything more than lukewarm about this. There's some great acting by Jeff Bridges there especially if you've been around raging alcoholics. This still falls a few steps short of capturing the country road life. Colin Farrell is also distracting and humorous in his ponytail playing a good ole' country boy. Seriously, what the fuck?

Jeff Bridges > Mickey Rourke, Maggie Gyllenhaal < Marisa Tomei, Country Music < Wrestling, Crazy Heart < The Wrestler.

While this film is pretty much a by the numbers Romantic Drama I found it entertaining and fun.Jeff Bridges's acting in this film is very good.His performance with the boy and his mom is what really raises this film up.The ending is simplistic and unconvincing.

84.500

Brutally boring. A familiar story made more problematic by its wan execution. There's almost a complete absence of any sort of visual panache, and a corresponding disinterest in pushing the story into interesting, novel directions. Anyone with a few movies under their belt could probably map out the path of the story after watching the first few scenes. Bridges is good in the role--he's almost always good, often great--but it's a dramatic dead end, a pallid exercise in pending redemption.

easy going and simple story, beautiful scenery sometimes, good acting/cast and a great soundtrack

Jeff Bridges is awsome..but the story was lame..sooooo boring

The story doesn't feel like anything we haven't seen done multiple times before, but the acting is strong and makes this an above-average movie.

I didn't really feel that this movie was all it could have been. It seems like the people behind this movie just tried to capitalize on the succes of The Wrestler. I agree with most people about this just being Oscar bait materiel, and it also seemed very rushed in some aspects. Jeff Bridges was, as always, outstanding. But other than that, there was really nothing that great about this movie.

Great performances, solid story, fantastic sound design. Nothing particularly new here, but it's done well -- with the exception of the resolution, which seems rushed.

"This is simply a showcase for Jeff Bridges, and a reasonably decent one at that even when the script thrusts Bad down tediously hackneyed roads." - Nick Schager

The film was solid and well-acted, but I felt the story was too simple and not that original. It felt a bit cheesy, even if the performers were doing the best they could with the limited material. Above average but otherwise unremarkable.

Jeff Bridges has a hard time making a shit movie. If you told me the plot of this film, I'd assume the movie was boring, but in reality it's quite entertaining and really works. Even Colin Farrell was decent, and Robert Duvall was an unexpected treat.

very nice movie

nice one

The brilliant performances by Gyllenhaal and, especially, Bridges lend a warmth to the film. There's some very enjoyable country music. It's just another romantic movie which is nevertheless enjoyable.

The movie has a very ordinary and predictable story but the way it is delivered, with some great music and good acting, is what makes this one special.

Enjoyability 20/25 Visuals 10/15 Audio 8/10 Acting 10/10 Story/Plot 23/25 Production Values 8/10 Intuitiveness/Ambitiousness 4/5 Bonus 7/10

Jeff Bridges made this movie. He was amazing.

Top marks for Bridges and the music and a fair pass to everything else. In reality Bridges overshadows everything so scoring this isn't very hard. Such a tender film. The Weary Kind is one of the best songs I've heard in any film for years, and certainly the most fitting.

based on a novel rather than the real-life story of [insert vaguely Waylon Jennings-like country singer], but it still has all the positive and negative sides of a really well-done biopic. Excellent acting (Bridges earned that Oscar, however much it may have been a lifetime achievement), fantastic music, and a pretty flat ending that left me going "If it was that simple, why all the drama?"