Simplicity as a virtue

Rating: 7/10 (27 May 2006)

Normally you would regard this movie as another shallow idol portrait, but the actor work makes it the opposite.
Joaquien Phoenix are mostly making his performance through looks and body language. And he really tells a lot by that method. Reese Witherspoon forms a full character with another technique, but they are completing each other very well. And don't forget Dallas Roberts in the small part as Sam Phillips. Performance of last year.
The script is rather simple, but leaves space for these actors to make something quite interesting out of it. A positive surprise about a true American hero.