Walk the Line Movie Review

A real legend is...well, the stuff of legends. But muchtheir own vocals, which added immeasurably to the
harder to reproduce on film, because of the depths ofreality of their performances. Witherspoon at times
human expression that tend to get lost in the businesswas perhaps a tad too ebullient, but also managed to
of making it on time, on budget, and on a subject thereach inside herself to pull out both the feminine side of
public will "buy". Which means 2005's "Walk The Line"Carter, and her fury at Cash's moral and physical
is that rarest of movies, one that dug deep into thedeterioration as their relationship progressed from an
story, put it up as it really unfolded, and managed toinitial backstage meeting to the final, enduring chapter
bag actors that could carry it off."Walk The Line" is thewritten at the Folsom Prison concert.Not strictly a love
hard fighting/drinking/loving story of country icon,story, "Walk the Line" is nonetheless a sometimes
Johnny Cash and his love affair with wife June Carter.moving, infuriating, and emotionally charged tale of two
It lays the foundation for the movie's focus, and Cash'speople both struggling towards the same goal- to be
real life, by detailing his boyhood in Arkansas, the earlywith each other.Director: James Mangold
death of a brother, and impulsive first marriage thatProducers: Alan C. Blomquist, James Keach, Cathy
ended in disaster. All of that contributes to the wayKonrad
Cash's life was already drifting when he sang for SamStarring: Joaquin Phoenix, Reese Witherspoon, Ginnifer
Phillips of Sun Records, where he brushed shouldersGoodwin, Robert Patrick, Ginnifer GoodwinaAlice Flegel
with another newcomer, Elvis Presley. Chastised foris a self-confessed movie fanatic that reveals exactly
offering a hymn, Joaquin Phoenix rips off a version ofwhich movies are living up to they hype and which are
Folsom Prison Blues that snags him the prizedbetter left for the DVD. Check out her DVD and
contract, and sets his foot on a path that will lead himmovie reviews before you lay down cold-hard cash at
to depths he never dreamed of, and the woman whothe movie theatre or video store. Already seen this
would pull him out of then, June Carter.Both Phoenix,movie?
and Reese Witherspoon who plays June Carter, did