Jeff Bridges plays Bad Blake, a broke, alcoholic country singer down on his luck (do I even need to say that??) who meets a cute, young chick and tries to get his shit together. Maggie Gyllenhaal is said cute, young chick. Colin Farrell stars at the handsome, accessible-to-the-masses, nu-country star that Blake has to swallow his pride and open for. Robert Duvall plays Bad Blake's long-time buddy. Pretty good story. Bridges and Farrell do their own singing (and for sure Bridges plays, too, but I couldn't tell if Farrell did, as well). Bridges' performance was just awesome and reminded me a lot of Kris Kristofferson and I could see some Waylon in there, too. Shot in my homeland of Santa Fe, New Mexico so the scenery's real purty (don't be fooled, though, Jeff's "Houston, Texas" home in the movie is my aunt's office in Santa Fe). Dug it.