2005 Directed by James Mangold
A chronicle of country music legend Johnny Cash's life, from his early days on an Arkansas cotton farm to his rise to fame with Sun Records in Memphis, where he recorded alongside Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins.
Joaquin Phoenix Reese Witherspoon Ginnifer Goodwin Robert Patrick Tyler Hilton Johnathan Rice Shooter Jennings Waylon Payne Dallas Roberts Dan John Miller Larry Bagby Sandra Ellis Lafferty Dan Beene Lucas Till Victoria Hester Hailey Anne Nelson Shelby Lynne Clay Steakley Ridge Canipe Kerris Dorsey Deborah Rawlings James DeForest Parker James Keach Danny Vinson Natalie Canerday Rhoda Griffis Jeff Bailey J.D. Evermore Tim Ware Show All…
I ignored country music while I was growing up. In the 1960s, I was more tuned in to the "Age of Aquarius" and psychedelics than "Folsom Prison Blues" and amphetamines. It wasn't until I reached 30-something that I started to appreciate the soulfulness of Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings and, of course, "the man in black," Johnny Cash. So the time period of this biopic, from Cash's youth in Arkansas during WWII to his marriage to June Carter in 1968, covered new ground for me, including his first marriage, his touring with Jerry Lee Lewis and Roy Orbison, and his severe addiction to prescription drugs.
Joaquin Phoenix put in an Academy Award level performance as Cash, but it was Reese Witherspoon…
Biopics are one of my favorite genres of films. However unless you get just the right actor to play the person, it can be dead in the water before it even gets going. James Mangold did exactly that when he handed Joaquin Phoenix the role of a lifetime as legendary singer Johnnie Cash.
This musical biopic of one of country musics most enduring performers begins with the story of a young boy who grows into a man full of guilt, anger, and sorrow, before his redemption and the love of his life leads him to greatness. Cash's early life of hardship in Arkansas and his strained relationship with his father seem to have damaged his psyche and self esteem. Constantly…
i’m currently trying to pay attention to this but 30 seconds after i started my best friend texted me “joaq the line” and now all i can think about is that pun
anyway long story short is the subject of this film should have been june
At almost 2 and a half hours, Walk the Line manages to keep a steady intense pace much like Johnny Cash's music. It may be standard biopic format but it's always worth it to see Joaquin Phoenix dip into that dark place and go full maniac musician.
june carter walked so reese witherspoon could run
...but really, the only fault in this filmé is that it took thirty minutes for mrs. witherspoon to appear on screen and yeehaw her impeccable southern twang to an academy award and my achy breaky heart
Inherent Vice put me in a Joaquin Phoenix sort of mood, and my friend Brooke recommended this film to me ages ago, and something about it just seemed fitting for an unofficial Galentine’s Day screening.
nothing was particularly inventive about this biopic. it’s more of a survey than an in-depth exploration of any one particular moment or song. but jesus, Phoenix and Witherspoon have so much goddamn chemistry. even if the people they were portraying felt like they were written a bit thinly, they embodied their roles so deeply that it was easy to just get lost in their shared and missss glances. i think more than anything, this consisted of Amanda and me screaming at the tv every time Cash was on screen, whether he was being a piece of shit or just looking so damn g o o d, but honestly...it was a perfect evening and my heart is full and that’s such a beautiful thing :,)
me: this is a film with a lot of artistic merit and emotional weight and thats a lot more important than an actor’s physical appearance so that’s what my review should be about
also me: joaquin phoenix is the sexiest man on the planet and i wanna do dirty things with him
A very good film, albeit one very hard to take seriously after watching Walk Hard.
In fact, watching it, I’d actually conflated several sequences from Walk Hard with the sequences in Walk the Line.
me to any member of my family who walked into the living room while i was watching this: yeehaw
Joaquin and Reese did beautiful work on this film and I’m ashamed that I hadn’t seen it sooner.
Mia made me pick her up by the bloody waist because of the ending of this film. Lucky I’m a fucking muscle man isn’t it
I rarely get into biopics, but this one was - as expected - exceptional. Reese Witherspoon and Joaquin Phoenix could not have done any better, they are right there on top. This was a complete joy.
I understand I haven't seen this in a while, but what possessed me to rate this 3.5 stars when I was sorting out my account?
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