not bad doesn't make it good...

Rating: 5/10 (7 March 2006)

not having read the other comments i really only wanted to comment on the blandness of this movie. while the singing was refreshing, performances nuanced (I think Witherspoon deserves some recognition, but definitely NOT a little gold statue) and over all feel of the movie good, it was just that, a 'feel-good' movie. yet within this love-in lies a pretty corrupt moral- Jonny Cash, country legend, peoples hero, without much care for the people he brings into this world. a little saddening really. while you cant expect someone who is hanging out with Elvis (btw classic line about the chilli fries, tee he-he) to be an angel, you cant paint him as some misunderstood character either. having gone off the point, all i really want to say is just because its the first take on a recently historical character to be released by 'the Hollywood machine' in a while doesn't make it the best thing since ipod. or is it sliced bread.
a movie fan