A fading country music star (Keith) returns to his hometown, where he reunites with his childhood sweetheart and also meets his 16-year-old daughter for the first time.
Broken Bridges is one of those movies where most scenes start with a character staring out over a pond, sitting on a porch, or looking at an old photograph, just waiting to reminisce with whoever sidles up next to them.
– Scott Tobias,
AV Club,
8 Sep 2006
rotten:
When you can get just as good on the Hallmark network, why drive all the way to a theater?
– Louis B. Parks,
Houston Chronicle,
8 Sep 2006
rotten:
A limp, timeworn tale of a drunken has-been country star (Keith) and a TV reporter he had and lost (Kelly Preston) who meet again after returning home because of a tragedy.
– Roger Moore,
Orlando Sentinel,
8 Sep 2006
rotten:
It's obviously intended as a star vehicle, but Broken Bridges turns out to be a rattletrap jalopy for country music performer Toby Keith.
– Joe Leydon,
Variety,
22 Sep 2006
rotten:
Country star Toby Keith makes his acting debut in this rickety heartland drama, which was produced by Country Music Television and panders shamelessly to the traditional-values crowd.