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Crazy Heart

2009 · 112 min

A slow, lived-in character study that feels like a worn country song—warm, sad, and quietly hopeful.

Tagline
The harder the life, the sweeter the song.
Overview
When reporter Jean Craddock interviews Bad Blake—an alcoholic, seen-better-days country music legend—they connect, and the hard-living crooner sees a possible saving grace in a life with Jean and her young son.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • addiction
  • redemption
  • guilt
  • love
  • aging
Places
  • road trip
  • small town
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language strong
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour3
Realism9
Romance5
Tension3
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama, music, romance
Directed by
Scott Cooper
Written by
Scott Cooper
Starring
Jeff Bridges, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Robert Duvall, Colin Farrell, Tom Bower, Paul Herman, Beth Grant, J. Michael Oliva
Music
Stephen Bruton, T Bone Burnett
Cinematography
Barry Markowitz
Runtime
112 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English, Spanish

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