Starring Jeff Bridges, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Colin Farrell, and Robert Duvall, the film follows an alcoholic country singer and songwriter who tries to turn his life around after beginning a relationship with a young journalist. Based on the 1987 novel of the same name by Thomas Cobb, the story was inspired by country singer Hank Thompson. But it will entertain.Crazy Heart is a 2009 American drama film, written and directed by Scott Cooper in his feature directorial debut. I am dreading the US version, though I like the idea that Rutger Hauer will play the Afrikkaner, Du Plessis. The episode where everybody comes down with an illness (won't spoil it for you) is genuinely well done and kept me riveted. That makes the story lines a touch more sophisticated than the eye rollers give it credit for.

You see, their difficulties parallel of the overall difficulty in assimilating into the African lifestyle. So, I enjoy the emotional region the program explores, and especially the difficulty in having the two families assimilate into one. That makes sentimental pieces invaluable, I think. If we did, we would have no need of therapists, right? And so we denigrate those who explore this psychological ground, using symbols and story lines to tell us something about ourselves.

They tend to get to the emotional nitty gritty that most of us do not want explored, either in others or ourselves.

For some, the sentimental nature of the stories is worthy of a roll of the eyes or feigned disgust. I am a fan of Stephen Thompkinson, ever since first seeing him in Ballykissangel. Second, I like fish-out-of-water stories.

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