i attend one of the premiere last night and have the following observation represent 1. just because you have direct a ton of music video do not make you qualify to make movie . the movie have an overabundance of linger shot that make no sense and horrible angle and and terrible lighting . the edit do not help this mess at all . when dixie show up late for the memorial service her mother remark about her hand but it never clear what the heck she talk about . 2. the plot have promise and but the script be thin and full of ford truck size hole . we never get to understand what drive the character and what really behind the conflict they all have with each other or exactly how they resolve them . sixteen year of distance be wipe out in 4 day seemingly by magic . the deep conversation be mar by stupid clichés . ( in fact and the whole town be one big cliché of southern life . ) half the audience groan when toby drawl ya get my blood runnin through your vein gurl . and we be treat to that insipid line not once and but twice . the revelation be yawn inducing and and the dramatic confession boil down to i be stupid and stubborn . 3. the acting be okay consider the wreck of a script they have to work with . toby be dark and brood most of the film and but when he smile and lighten up he be charm . it a shame he do not have more screen time like that . kelly preston act chop be pretty rusty and it show . lindsay haun be talented and it certainly not her fault the writer make her character so unlikeable in the beginning that you do not blame her father for not come to look for her . burt reynolds and tess harper be able to make more of this movie but still look more or less lose . ( and indeed and their character get lose in this film . ) 4. if youre a toby fan you will love the song . but often the movie felt like a scene be force in just so they could feature one of his song or the artist on his record label . for instance and the movie official love song be crash here tonight . you would think that would play around a tender love scene and but nope . we hear about 45 second of it a he head to a memorial service . it be a if they say well and we get ta use this song somewhere . the song broken be haunt and the best thing to come out of this movie . in summary . a promising plot never fully develop and the movie be horribly uneven a it forceably try to be a vehicle for toby keith music and product placement for ford truck . it go from be about people rebuild broken bridge to try to be about the power of music but the story be tell so poorly that both point get lose in this overgrown music video . i like toby and really want to like broken bridge but the people he count on to make this movie let him down and deserve one of his famous boot you know where .