Crazy Heart

Crazy Heart is rated R: for language and brief sexuality.

Because we only review G, PG, and PG-13 movies at Parent Previews we did not review this title. For your convenience, we have provided some brief information about the film’s synopsis and content.

Synopsis:

Bad Blake (Jeff Bridges) is a has-been country singer who lives up to his name. But when the in-denial-alcoholic agrees to an interview with an aspiring journalist (Maggie Gyllenhaal), the musician thinks he may have found a reason to try to sober up.

Cast: Jeff Bridges, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Colin Farrell, Robert Duvall
Studio: 2009 Fox Searchlight
Website: Official site for Crazy Heart.

This additional information about the movie’s content is taken from the notes of various Canadian Film Classification boards:

Violence:
- Some scenes may frighten young children.
Sexual Content:
- Mild sexual references.
- Crude content.
- Embracing and kissing.
- Fondling.
- Implied sexual relationship.
Language:
- Several uses of the sexual expletive in a non-sexual content.
-  Frequent coarse language, scatological slang, profanity, cursing, and vulgar expressions.
Drugs and Alcohol:
- Frequent depictions of drinking and alcohol abuse.
- Implied illegal drug use.
- Tobacco use.

Although the character in this film is fictitious , the real life challenges of fame, fortune and a fall from grace are depicted in the biographical dramas Ray and Walk The Line.

Crazy Heart releases to DVD and Blu-ray on April 20, 2010.
Crazy Heart releases on Blu-ray disc and DVD with the following deleted scenes:
- Bad Plays “Somebody Else” In Santa Fe
- Jean Helps Bad Pack Up
- Bad Visits Tommy Backstage
- Bad and Jean in Taos
- Bad Visits His Son
- Bad and Jean Talk About her Career
- Encouragement from Wayne
- Bad Relapses
Crazy Heart on Blu-ray also includes:
- Alternate music cuts: “I Don’t Know” and “Brand New Angel”
- Featurette: Jeff Bridges, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Robert Duvall on What Brought Them to Crazy Heart
- Digital Copy of Crazy Heart