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.

A true to life story that some can sympathyze with and others may learn from. With friends, family, and family of friends presently serving in the U.S. Armed Forces I believe we can relate to one of the messages this film inspires. This film centered on a group of people, their values, their ability to admit and to learn from their mistakes, and their ability to find worth and meaning in them...I personally liked it when Toby's character said something like he's made mistakes...but his daughter wasn't one of them. I also like how he "lost a brother, but gained his daughter". If I were to say only one word about this film it would have to be "realism". In my opinion the actors were very realistic and the storyline kept to social conditions as if they really did exist, as if it were all true fact. The music tied in very realistically also...this film was not a musical...instead it was just like down home :) It was from both sides of the track...young and older adults will be able to relate as well as teenagers...in another aspect from both sides of the track...they didn't have much and gained plenty.

Watching this movie from beginning to end ( I was able to see it filmed in several of my local communities) this movie had already touched a little bit of curiosity. But I never knew how much it would touch my heart.This story is about life.... bad and good mistakes, and how people try to "make things right" even years later. Toby Keith was AWESOME in this film. And Kelly Preston showed her heart song in this film. It was such a good story, and I don't understand why critics rated this movie a C+, which I feel was judged this score, because it didn't have the violence, sex, and cursing that they think Americans want these days.They need to make more movies like this one! Everyone that played in this movie shined! And the added bonus was seeing friends in this movie too !

My family went to the early release on 9/7 at a local Knoxville, TN, theater. I loved the movie and so did my family. We thought Toby and the rest of the cast did a great job. This movie contained an important message that would be beneficial to anyone who has ever made a bad decision which led one down a destructive path in their life. It also shows the importance of mending relationships with your family and friends while you still can. So many times, people believe that they can't change and that no matter what, your loved ones won't forgive your mistakes. This movie shows that you can go back and make amends. People can change. Sometimes it takes a tragedy, which is horrible, but often necessary. I was thoroughly disappointed that there didn't seem to be any print advertisement of the movie. I'm sure that there was a limited amount of money for advertising; but, there was nothing in my newspaper at all. If I did not belong to Toby's fan club, I would not have known that the movie was being released. This movie deserved more advertisement than it received. Great job Toby, from a loyal fan.