''Broken Bridges'' is a 2006 film starring

Toby Keith Toby Keith Covel (born July 8, 1961), known professionally as Toby Keith, is an American country music singer, songwriter, actor, and record producer. He released his first four studio albums—1993's '' Toby Keith'', 1994's '' Boomtown'', 19 ...

Lindsey Haun Lindsey Haun (born November 21, 1984) is an American actress, singer, and director. She is known for her role as Hadley on the HBO television series ''True Blood''. She was nominated for a Young Artist Award for her role in the 2000 Disney Cha ...

, Burt Reynolds and

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. The film, a music-drama, is centered on a fading country singer's return to his hometown near a military base in

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where several young men who were killed in a training exercise on the base were from. He is reunited with his former sweetheart and estranged daughter, who returns to the town as well.

Plot

Bo Price (Keith), a down-and-out country singer, has returned home for his brother's funeral following a military training accident. While there, he reunites with his true love, Angela Delton (Preston), a Miami news reporter who has also returned home for her brother's funeral. Bo also meets their 16-year-old daughter, Dixie Leigh Delton (Haun), for the first time. Since Bo walked away from Angela while she was still pregnant, Dixie has never met him or his side of the family. Dixie has experimented with alcohol, but is able to break free with the help of her now-sober father. With her father's musical blood running through her veins, Dixie closes the movie by singing a song she wrote at the memorial for the fallen soldiers.

Cast

as Bo Price *

as Angela "Angel" Delton *

as Dixie Leigh Delton *

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as Dixie Rose Delton * Burt Reynolds as Jake Delton *

Willie Nelson Willie Hugh Nelson (born April 29, 1933) is an American country musician. The critical success of the album '' Shotgun Willie'' (1973), combined with the critical and commercial success of '' Red Headed Stranger'' (1975) and '' Stardust'' (1 ...

as Himself * BeBe Winans as Himself * Seth Chalmers as Jerome *

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as Wyatt * Anna Maria Horsford as Loretta

Reception

Box office

The film had a poor box office gross of $252,539 in four weeks of release. The film has sold over $8 million in DVD sales, and repeated often on CMT, Country Music Television.

Critical response

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the film has an approval rating of 5% based on reviews from 21 critics. On

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it has a score of 32% based on reviews from 7 critics. Most critics cited Toby Keith's wooden acting, as well as the blatant product placement by Keith's sponsor, Ford, as major detriments to the film. Joe Leydon of

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wrote: "It's obviously intended as a star vehicle, but Broken Bridges turns out to be a rattletrap jalopy for country music performer Toby Keith." Maitland McDonagh of TV Guide gave it 2 out of 4 and wrote: "The Country Music Channel's first foray into feature filmmaking is sickly sweet and thoroughly predictable."

Soundtrack

The movie's soundtrack was released on August 29, 2006 via Show Dog Nashville (now

Show Dog-Universal Music Show Dog Nashville is an American independent record label specializing in country music artists. It was founded in 2005 by singer Toby Keith. It was later merged with Universal South Records into Show Dog-Universal Music in December 2009 until ...

). It features songs by Keith, Haun, and various other artists. Keith's own "

Crash Here Tonight "Crash Here Tonight" is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Toby Keith. It was released in August 2006 as the third and final single from Keith's album ''White Trash with Money''. A shorter all-acoustic version of the son ...

", appearing on both the soundtrack and his 2006 album ''

White Trash with Money ''White Trash with Money'' is the tenth studio album by American country music artist Toby Keith. It was released on April 11, 2006 by Show Dog Nashville. This was Keith's first album for the label after DreamWorks Records went out of business. The ...

'', was released as a single.

References

External links

Official Website
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