An alcoholic, lonesome, road-weary country singer (Jeff Bridges) meets a journalist (Maggie Gyllenhaal) while on tour and learns why a lifetime of narcissism can leave you empty-handed and heartbroken. Also with Robert Duvall, Colin Farrell, Jack Nation and James Keane. Directed by Scott Cooper. [1:51]

SEX/NUDITY 6 - A man and a younger woman kiss, the man lifts the woman's skirt, caresses her, we see her panties and the man caresses her bare lower abdomen and reaches into her panties (sex is implied).
► A man and a younger woman sit in bed talking, they kiss, she rolls on top of him and it is implied that they have sex. A man and a younger woman kiss while in bed and it is implied that they have just had sex. A woman is shown sleeping in bed, covered by a sheet as a man leaves the room and it is implied that they had sex.
► A scene on a TV shows a man kissing a woman's neck. An older man flirts with a younger woman. A woman flirts with a man and asks him to dinner (he declines). A man dances with a woman briefly.
► A man wears a towel around his waist and no shirt (bare chest and abdomen are shown), a woman walks into the room, they are both embarrassed and he goes to put on clothing. Women wear low-cut tops and dresses that reveal cleavage in several scenes. A man lies on a bed with his shirt open revealing his bare-chest and abdomen. A man wearing no shirt is shown driving. A man's pants are shown unfastened and his belt unbuckled in several scenes (no flesh is shown). A man is shown wearing only jockey shorts (his bare chest, abdomen, back and legs are shown).

VIOLENCE/GORE 3 - A man falls asleep at the wheel of a car, he swerves off the road, and we see him unconscious with a bloody head, and later in the hospital with his leg in a cast.
► A man becomes anxious when he cannot find a small boy he has been taking care of and he reports the missing child to a police officer (the boy is found after several hours and is OK).
► A younger woman slaps a man on the arm and chest and yells at him. A man and a younger woman argue.
► A man learns that is ex-wife is dead. A man calls his estranged, adult son and the son declines his offer to get together. A man makes a comment about having hemorrhoids.
► A man vomits in a garbage can (we hear gagging and moaning). A man vomits (we see goo dangling from his mustache, he moans and collapses). A man pours out a urine-filled milk jug in a parking lot.

LANGUAGE 6 - About 13 F-words, 1 obscene hand gesture, 1 sexual reference, 12 scatological terms, 7 anatomical terms, 11 mild obscenities, name-calling (hippies), 13 religious profanities, 13 religious exclamations.

SUBSTANCE USE - Several men share a marijuana cigarette. Two men smoke and drink together, a man drinks alcohol from a flask and smokes a cigarette, a man drinks alcohol in many scenes throughout the movie (frequently to the point of intoxication, which leads to passing out and/or vomiting), a man and a woman drink alcohol together, a man and a woman drink wine, a man is shown in a liquor store choosing a bottle of alcohol, people drink alcohol at a bar, and a man pours two shots of alcohol at a bar and he and another man drink. A man is shown smoking cigarettes in almost every scene in the movie, and a man smokes a cigarette at a playground.

DISCUSSION TOPICS - Success, failure, estranged families, aging, aspiration, fame, marriage, separation, divorce, single parenting, alcoholism, loss, regret.

MESSAGE - It's never too late to make things right.