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Crazy Heart (2009)

★ 6.9 · 1,190 ratings on TMDB

The harder the life, the sweeter the song.

Crazy Heart poster★ 6.9

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.

DirectorScott Cooper
CastBeth Grant, Brian Gleason, Colin Farrell, J. Michael Oliva, James Keane, Jeff Bridges
GenresDrama, Music, Romance
The emergence reading

Crazy Heart keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

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