Jeff Bridges delivers another of his thoroughly lived-in, transparent performances as Bad Blake, a scraggly 57-year-old country-and-western singer/songwriter who makes ends barely meet by playing gigs in bars and bowling alleys for an aging crowd who still sees him as the superstar he once was. The film charts his booze-addled descent to rock bottom and eventual rebirth as a better man, and while much of the story is familiar almost to a fault (especially his redemption via a vibrant woman half his age), it ultimately works because the performances are so true to life. (DVD Awards Screener)