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7 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 50Chicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonChicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonKeith -- a consistent hit-maker who wrote the controversial 9/11 song "Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue" -- has a future in movies if he wants it. Hopefully, they'll be better ones than this.
- 50TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghTV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghThe Country Music Channel's first foray into feature filmmaking is sickly sweet and thoroughly predictable, and woefully underuses veterans Harper and Reynolds, but it features some stirring performances, including BeBe Winans and Willie Nelson dueting on "The Uncloudy Day."
- 50Philadelphia InquirerDavid HiltbrandPhiladelphia InquirerDavid HiltbrandGet the soundtrack; wait for the movie to come to CMT.
- 40VarietyJoe LeydonVarietyJoe LeydonIt's obviously intended as a star vehicle, but Broken Bridges turns out to be a rattletrap jalopy for country music performer Toby Keith.
- 30Chicago ReaderJ.R. JonesChicago ReaderJ.R. JonesKeith is an awkward, galumphing presence, but he's more fun to watch than Kelly Preston as the girl's uptight mother.
- 25The A.V. ClubScott TobiasThe A.V. ClubScott TobiasCountry Music Television's answer to "Elizabethtown."
- 20Austin ChronicleAustin ChronicleDirector Goldmann, who cut his teeth directing videos for Shania Twain and Faith Hill, never misses a chance to punch-up an emotional scene with a contrived, heart-melting music performance by one or more of his stars.