PlatinumRead Just so...so bad

Billie Morin This movie feels like it was made purely to piss off people who want good shows

Scotty Burke It is interesting even when nothing much happens, which is for most of its 3-hour running time. Read full review

Francene Odetta It's simply great fun, a winsome film and an occasionally over-the-top luxury fantasy that never flags.

gremma The movie has rich characters, a good story, and is very well paced. Many times when a movie has great music it is to hide a dull script, not here, this music simply makes it a must see!Excellent character portrayal by Tobey Keith, Kelly Preston, and Lindsey Haun, who is a show stealer. Tess Harper is always just a joy to watch in almost anything she does and she doesn't disappoint here. The story follows Bo Price (Toby Keith,) a Country Singer, on his way down, who is called home when his brother, and 4 other boys from his hometown are killed in a training exercise in the Army. One of the boys is the brother of Bo's high school sweetheart, Angela (Kelly Preston) who was pregnant when he ran out on her. The funerals in the hometown bring the long lost lovers together and introduce father, Bo, to his daughter Dixie (Lindsey Haun), who is also a musician. Their stories are interesting and believable. Entertaining and love the music.

stoogedude I have seen many movies over the years, so I may be a little too discriminating. That said, Broken Bridges did not live up to my expectations. The writing wasn't the best. The directing wasn't the best. And the sound people should never work in Hollywood again.That's not to say that Toby Keith is a bad actor. Quite the contrary, he shows real potential, and I really hope to see him in other movies, hopefully movies that are better written and allow Toby to really show his acting chops. Toby said that while it may not seem like a stretch, he is really different from his character, and unlike the real life Toby, Bo is struggling with his career. Toby...you're a great singer, brilliant songwriter, outstanding performer...but this wasn't much of a stretch. A cop, a lawyer, a teacher, or even a biker allows you to try out your acting chops. Toby plays a country singer, and Toby is really a country singer. Toby Keith's character dresses like...Toby Keith. But Toby did give a good performance, so I applaud him for that.Lindsey Haun had better become a big star. She's beautiful, and shes a great singer and actress...a double WHAMMY! Her performance of Broken was one of the highlights of the movie. This wasn't a huge blockbuster film, but I hope it was big enough to get people to notice this great talent.The soundtrack was very good, I'll give it that. But I was expecting much more with this film. It's great that so many people on here like it. It just wasn't for me.

tkwaryr Toby Keith's first attempt at a film career other than making music videos and truck commercials isn't Oscar material. With that being said, I would recommend seeing "Broken Bridges" or purchasing the DVD. "Broken Bridges" is a family story of redemption, love, and hope...a modern day morality play set in the South.The entire cast is believable...even Toby. No he isn't playing himself though both the main male character and Toby are singer/songwriters. Even non-country music fans will enjoy this movie.My biggest disappointment was the editing of "Broken Bridges" as the film was choppy. It appears that the film was edited as if "BB" was a film made directly for television and commercials and not a movie with national release with full PR support of the movie studio.Buy the "Broken Bridges" DVD and you won't be disappointed.

mickeyrules29 I find it hard to believe and totally unacceptable that CMT didn't spend any money to promote this movie except the dinky little commercials they put on their own petty little channel. I had to travel from Largo, FL to Tampa, FL, which with all the theaters on my side of the bay, is completely unacceptable. If my girlfriend didn't want to go see Toby Keith so bad I would have missed one of the best movies I have seen this year. This movie should be considered one of the classics of this age, but because CMT is going to allow it to be buried in lack of advertising dollars spent the critics are not even looking at it and it will most likely be over looked by all the awards. This was one of the best written stories of all time. The almost complete lack of acting abilities in the main and most of the supporting actors was perfect for this movie. Don't get me wrong Burt and Willie were perfect, Burt for his ability to read into his character and conform with total professionalism to tone his excellent acting ability down and make his character believable with in the script. Willie was as usual perfect for his cameo appearance and I am sure he knows that his style and great acting would have spoiled the story if he had any larger part in this movie. As for the rest of the main characters I see great potential in all but Toby and in him I see an OK acting carrier but I truly hope he doesn't let it distract from his fabulous music, I would be very disappointed if a so-so acting carrier deprived country music fans everywhere of new and exciting Toby Keith tunes. CMT PLEASE GET OFF YOUR TIGHT LITTLE BUTTS AND SPEND A lot MORE MONEY TO PROMOTE THIS MOVIE I REALLY WANT TO SEE IT GET THE AWARDS IT DESERVES EVEN THOUGH AFTER YOUR COMPLETE FAILURE IN PROMOTIONS TO DATE YOU DON'T DESERVE TO MAKE THE MONEY A GREAT MOVIE LIKE THIS WOULD BRING IN THE BOX OFFICE. Trust me word of mouth will help but not in less you get allot more people like me into the theater to see it.