Brilliant movie even if you don't know a thing about Johnny Cash

Rating: Null/10 (4 April 2007)

I was surprised by this movie because I am not a fan of Cash and know nothing about his life - well I do now and that is because I watched 'Walk The Line' which is an immensely watchable movie with riveting performances by Phoenix and Witherspoon; in fact their acting is so good in this film that the movie is mesmerising from beginning to end. The fact that they did their own vocals is astounding. The life of Johhny Cash is very interesting and his struggle with addictions; a big surprise about the movie is the beautiful love story between Cash and June; it is very beautifully portrayed and the on screen chemistry is just right. My only problem with the movie is how Cash's on screen parents are never aged as the movie progresses - this was a major fault of the director but I still give the movie 10 for its overall deliverance. While Johnny goes through all kind of facial changes in his drug addictions, his father remains permanently with the same face he had from 1946 to 1968, very silly mistake. Mamma Cash is very miscast too, she is only looking 10 years younger than Phoenix and she remains young for the entire film except for a large pair of 1960's glasses towards the end. This is very bad miscalculation on the part of the director and puts a slight amateurism slant on the production. However, as far as interest goes, this film is interesting from beginning to end.