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 - Blown away!Although I'd seen this movie before, I was still blown away by it's depth and the quality of the acting the second time! Reese Witherspoon and Joaquin Phoenix have an undeniable chemistry! Plus, Joaquin's smoldering intensity as the legendary, yet conflicted, Johnny Cash makes this a must watch! Rating: - Fantastic movie :->To be honest, I hadn't seen this movie until the other night. I'm not a fan of country music and therefore I always thought that this wouldn't interest me, yet it was on TV the other night and I got engrossed in it from start to finish. It was a moving story and so well acted. Joaquin and Reese had amazing chemistry in every scene, but the best was watching them on stage together. I thought they did such a good job singing rather than lip syncing. Joaquin had his vocals down perfectly and you almost couldn't tell that it wasn't in fact Johnny Cash himself singing. I never knew how difficult his childhood was and the lack of love from his father toward him. You do not have to be a fan of Cash's music to really apreciate this. Walk The Line is a great movie that I highly recommend. It's so interesting and you can't help but tap your feet to the music. It's so well acted and a great love story. Go see it now if you haven't already. Rating:  - never got my moviethis may be a good movie but I paid for my order and never received it. I am disappointed about this. I know it is not the sellers fault; they did ship it; but I never received it . I may try to order it again. Rating: - Made me curious about Johnny CashI was always a mild fan of Cash's music, so I wasn't entirely devoted to seeing this movie. I did not see it until obtaining the DVD, and at that moment I fell in love with it. Honestly, I don't know all that much about the man's life so I am not here to be the historical critic. Even so, I believe that this is more or less factual minus the obligatory artistic license. All I know is that it made for a great, great movie. Joaquin Phoenix... I don't know how he is in comparison to the Man in Black, but I love him and I thought he did well. He has that stoney gaze and voice, at least. Reese Witherspoon certainly earned her Oscar. With me, I like a good story, and that is what this movie had. Plenty of heart, intrigue, character, and emotion. Yes, I wept. I don't think this is just for Cash fans. This is for anyone who loves music and a great story. Rating:  - MediocreJames Mangold, the director who brought us such flawed but interesting films as Copland and Girl, Interrupted, has done it again. He has crafted another flawed but interesting film, Walk The Line, named after one of Cash's biggest musical hits; this one on the life of Johnny Cash. Actress Reese Witherspoon won an Oscar for Best Actress for her portrayal of Cash's wife June Carter Cash, of the famed Carter Family singers, and while she's solid, competent, the award she won is merely another way for Hollywood to elevate the bankability of sexy young starlets- think Marissa Tomei, Mira Sorvino, Gwyneth Paltrow, Julia Roberts, Angelina Jolie, Hilary Swank, Renee Zellwegger, Charlize Theron, and now Witherspoon. Financially, for the long term of the industry, this makes sense, so that, even decades from now, films they appear in can bear the Oscar imprint. Joaquin Phoenix, who portrays Cash, however, is completely out of his league as the infamous Man In Black....Cinematographer Phedon Papamichael adds little to the film. His framing and vistas do little to enhance texture of the scenes, nor do they add an unconscious poetic element. Despite globetrotting, Cash's life is portrayed as static and dull, and the love story is nothing great. What Mangold does not grasp is that the real reason cash is worthy of a film is because of his singing and songwriting. When will biopics about artists actually focus on the art, and not the soap operatic stuff? But, if they are going to focus on the peripherals, one would think they'd play up the fascinating stuff, the legendary stuff, not the usual crap all people go through, for that merely shows that the subject is like the viewer, when the fascination stems from what the subject has that is NOT like the average person. In other words, as the saying goes, always print the legend over the truth. Walk The Line never trots down that alley.
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