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By Debbie T (91) on 02 Apr 2016

I don't know. I'm not a critic, just a regular movie goer, but I really enjoyed this film…

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By Laura N (265) on 02 Apr 2016

Tom Hiddleston does an amazing job but the story is weak…

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By Stephen V (134) on 02 Apr 2016

I personally thought it was a great movie capturing the struggle that Hank Sr. went through in his brief but magical life…

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By Peter Canavese (1,744) for Groucho Reviews (1,725) on 01 Apr 2016

It's all so dully realized that we grow starving for idiosyncratic detail, desperately latching on to Williams' love of ketchup or his drunkenly…

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By Colton S (23) on 01 Apr 2016

Another fine example of the critics being wrong simply because a film did not adhere to accepted and expected genre formula…

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By Jarrod H (42) on 01 Apr 2016

I knew this was going to be bad from the preview, but I saw it with family anyway…

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By Steven L (1,047) on 01 Apr 2016

The singing isn't spot on but the performances make up for any shortcomings in sound and story…

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By Padraic J (1) on 01 Apr 2016

In my optnion this was a great movie. This is not going to be a feel good movie. Do you want to change the fact he died at 29…

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By Todd Jorgenson (1,852) for Cinemalogue.com (1,236) on 31 Mar 2016

This surface-level look at the tragic life and career of 1950s country music icon Hank Williams hits some nice notes but overall lacks insight…

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By Sean P. Means (2,056) for Salt Lake Tribune (1,927) on 31 Mar 2016

The movie's only saving grace is Hiddleston, as the English actor neatly embodies Williams' aw-shucks stage demeanor and performs a passable…

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By Matthew Lickona (530) for San Diego Reader (713) on 31 Mar 2016

There's some drinkin', some cheatin', some yellin', and some cryin…

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By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 31 Mar 2016

Hiddleston's work ethic is admirable, but the effect is akin to allowing an actor in a Picasso biopic paint his own copy of 'Guernica.' It…

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By Scott Mervis (1) for Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (258) on 31 Mar 2016

The bigger issues with I Saw the Light are the lack of narrative drive and the question of why someone would want to make such a joyless movie…

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By Philip Martin (1,107) for Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (1,391) on 31 Mar 2016

like a movie about the life of Christ that elides the miracles…

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By James Verniere (1,180) for Boston Herald (1,433) on 31 Mar 2016

Standard biopic stuff, but strong cast. Loki can sing (and play)…

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By Peter Keough (994) for Boston Globe (6,852) on 31 Mar 2016

Tom Hiddleston puts in a performance as Williams that ranks with that of Joaquin Phoenix as Johnny Cash in “I Walk the Line.” And Hiddleston…

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By Travis Hopson (923) for Examiner.com (1,617) on 31 Mar 2016

I Saw the Light hits every single wrong note, failing to capture his genius or make his life seem worthy of the big screen…

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By Jim Judy (1,199) for Screen It! (1,437) on 31 Mar 2016

The end result isn't awful, but the fact that it's slow, episodic and repetitive of what we've seen countless times before means it makes little…

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By Rob Thomas (1,118) for Capital Times (Madison, WI) (875) on 31 Mar 2016

It's a movie as sincere as an all-star tribute concert, and with about as much narrative coherence…

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By Gary Wolcott (857) for Tri-City Herald (818) on 31 Mar 2016

Hank Williams drinks, makes music, gets married, drinks, makes music, fools around, drinks, gets divorced, etc. and then he dies…

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