Review of Walk the Line (2005) by Conner R — 03 Mar 2011
The only thing wrong with Walk The Line is that it's too short, which isn't really a bad thing in the end. It's more of a compliment that I wanted to see a few more hours of Johnny Cash's life, it's just so interesting and beautiful.
He's someone with such a huge legacy and full life, that I guess it's sort of impossible to make a film adaption that's truly complete. Joaquin Phoenix gives such a great performance that it's hard to tell the difference.
Not only does he look and sound like him almost exactly, but he has the charisma of him too. Most music biopics have some decent cover songs, but in some cases, the delivery of the songs in this are many times better to me than their original counterparts (not that I mean any disrespect).
I think it's great the way they achieved the time periods without having to overdo everything. What this gets down right is the soul and passion behind the music, so in that respect it's pretty perfect.
This review of Walk the Line (2005) was written by Conner R on 03 Mar 2011.
Walk the Line has generally received very positive reviews.
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