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‘My Country Heart’ Review: Americana Music Hopefuls Navigate Youthful Romance and a Rigged Reality Show
In 'My Country Heart,' showbiz parable examines how a handful of country musicians cope with the phoniness of reality TV.
In the interest of full disclosure, it should be stated at the outset that “ My Country Heart,” a musical drama about a young couple competing against each other in a reality TV show, was co-written (with director Ate de Jong) by Steven Gaydos, a 30-year veteran of Variety. Billie Carton ( Maggie Koerner), a widowed maintenance attendant at the cemetery where her war hero husband is laid to rest, and Lucky Fontana ( Sam Varga), a garbage collector whose own military background consists primary of a short-lived stint at West Point, meet cute during an open mic night at a bar in Louisville, Ky. Pursell is eager — no, make that desperate — to find a new Americana star for his label now that his conspicuously younger wife, Precious Blue (a well-cast Carly Johnson), is now old enough to qualify as a legacy act, and relies on singing commercial jingles to supplement her dwindling income.
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