Saturday, July 03, 2010

Best Supporting Actress Nomination? That's Crazy

There were a lot of good things about "Crazy Heart". The music and singing were good. Jeff Bridges did a great job. In fact they even gave him a little award known as Oscar for his performance.

But I had big issues with "Crazy Heart". Specifically the Maggie Gyllenhaal character. Something went terribly wrong with both the premise and the delivery. First up, why would that pretty young woman fall for that loser? For it to be even slightly believable there should have been a back story explaining her self esteem issues. Alternately, they could have made that character a down-on-her-luck slightly haggy forty-something. I could have bought into that.

Gyllenhaal's delivery was terrible too, and yet she was nominated for Best Supporting Actress. What's up with that? I theorize nobody is a good enough actress to pull off this ludicrous premise. So they nominated her just for trying - an A-for-effort thing, if you will.

My recommendation is to watch "Crazy Heart" to enjoy the musical performances, and to watch Jeff Bridges, just try to ignore the plot. Oh, and you might want to close your eyes during the make out scenes.

I rate "Crazy Heart" at 2 Boos.

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