Christina Aguilera teams up with an innovative director to create her best video since "Fighter".
In a day and age where the majority of music videos consist of someone standing there singing while random unqualified "video girls" shake their rear ends around them with some gratuitous "bling" to boot, it's nice to not only see a video that creative thought went into the concept, but also where a story is told. Granted, "Hurt" is the type of song that sort of demands a storyline for the video in order to do it justice. Even still, many young artists (who by the way, must pay for their own videos) would've just pulled a cop out and given us some cheap Three minute mess with velveeta cheese written all over it. Christina Aguilera gave us something a bit different.…
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26 - Tayce
christinas voice is outstanding ..shes a amazing presence and fun to watch..but as for everyone saying she doesnt have to shake her booty to look good...uhhhh dont ya'll remember dirrty?..oh and the little booty shot she adds in on the new video hurt.
27 - JimboDJ
The actor is Ed Harris, husband of Amy Madigan. Sorry girls. You can see him in "Swingshift", where he has a short part at the end that'll make you wanna cry.
28 - jenni
I think it was ttly awesome video i mean that girl can sing! NO one has that good of a voice man! i can't blieve it. GREAT VIDEO!!
29 - David
The “dad” in the video is name Tim and is from Ireland. The little girl playing Christina as a child is my daughter Laci Kay. They hit it off well and the best part of this video was the way that Christina Aguilera acted with my daughter. She was wonderful and for my daughter’s first experience in a video, it was very nice. We only wish good things for Christina. David
30 - ROMUALDO
I THINK HE IS ED HARRIS
31 - hailey
Hi I love her soo much i love her song lol im liseing to it right now
i love how its like old shoool i think that is really cool i love her and she will keep up the good work i love you chris
oo ya how did her dad die :[
32 - ashley
What is this song really about? is it about her father? i dont understand bcuz in her songs on the stripped album she sings about the domestic violence in her home growing up as a child and she talks about physical and mental abuse soo this is really different and i just wnt to know watsupp..
33 - alexa
hola cristina aguilera
34 - Sherlene
hiya! I was reading ashleys comment above me!! i thought that too but at the end of the day, its her daddy!! yes xtina will be annoyed, angry and hurt at him but she will still love him!! anyway i think the song is lovely!! i bought it the day it was out and then bought the album! i think the song will touch everybody weither you have been in the situation christina is in or not!!
Bye xx
35 - Anna
I don't think the father in the video is Ed Harris. For one thing, Ed's eyes aren't that blue. The actor resembles Terance (?) who was in the 60's movie, My Name is Nobody. Is there anyway to find out who the actor is?
36 - Valkyria
I for one think that there are two actors playing the dad, the one at the end looks a lot like Ed Harris but perhaps the one when she is young is this tim caracter, if you look at his profile its clear to see that its not the same person
37 - LYDIA
Errr zee song is sound as owt i love her voise its like amazing tho and also she has a meaning behind the song singing that song made me thing to not take advantage of whay you have now because the next day u could not have it eny more u rock keep on going woooo loageeee >333333
38 - ewe
jojo? what a little who**, shes like 12 and looks like a streetwalker
39 - Julia
hey ppl! 'dad' is not Ed Harris! just compare and u'll c! it's one and the same guy all the way, but in the end just in make up! Tim?? i wish i knew his surname, he's great!
40 - Georgie
There are two actors playing the dad, I'm not sure about the younger one but Christina's Dad at the "end" of the video is called Timothy V. Murphy
It's on wikipedia :)
41 - roy cooper
Hi. I wondered if you would be interested in reviewing 3 music videos that I made.
'Knife Crime Kills' shows the pifals of the knife culture that we seem to live in. I finished this video just when all the Knife Crime started to hit the press.
'Talking Circles' is about aliens warning us not to destroy our planet. It has been translated by singers from around the globe, into Russian, mandarin, Italian, Spanish, Hindi and of course the original English.
'Roof of the World' is about the Tibetian Nuns who died in the dreaded 'Drapchi' prison and featured Phuntsog Nyidron, as herself. She was imprisoned in Tibet for a peaceful protest against Chinese rule. She served over 15 years and is a recipient of the Reebok Human Rights Award.
they are all on my website.
and youtube..
with 'Talking Circles' also having its own website.
I should add that I have always worked for free and am completely self taught. everything done on my pc.
thanks for your time
Roy Cooper
42 - sarah
i think that Xtina is a beautiful girl and her video was very powerful. she did pretty good acting, and where she finds out about her dad being dead, its like near perfect.. but no one is. i think its great that she can be herself AKA not a bimbo or anything, and still be so popular and yeah well liked.
SHE ROCKS!!!! bye
43 - Jenny
DONT READ THIS. YOU WILL GET KISSED ON THE NEAREST POSSIBLE FRIDAY BY THE LOVE OF YOUR LIFE. TOMORROW WILL BE THE BEST DAY OF YOUR LIFE.HOWEVER IF YOU DONT POST THIS COMMENT TO AT LEAST 3 VIDEOS YOU WILL DIE IN 2 DAYS.UV STARTED READIN DIS DUNT STOP THIS IS SO SCARY. SEND THIS OVER TO 5 VIDEOS IN 143 MINUTES WHEN UR DONE PRESS F6 AND UR CRUSHES NAME WILL APPEAR ON THE SCREEN IN BIG LETTERS. THIS IS SO SCARY BECAUSE IT ACTUALLY WORKs
44 - AznhotBot
The actor who played Christina Aguilera's dad (both the younger and older)is Tim Murphy. I love the video. Very sad and moving. YouTube has the Jonathan Peters Remix which makes this song upbeat.