Great psychologically; Great musically.

Rating: 10/10 (12 December 2005)

I'm a retired clinical psychologist and family therapist and get annoyed when psychological and family dynamics are inaccurately portrayed; I was not annoyed. I do NOT normally like country music.
Movies, with their time and development constraints, can only explicate one (maybe one and a half) characters. In this case, they did a great job on Johnny. His early closeness with his brother, the effects of his alcoholic father and his complex, changing relationship with him, his burdens and attempts to escape from those, are quite realistically portrayed in the film.
What there was not time enough to portray was what motivated June Carter Cash. In a way, she seems the more remarkable person.
GREAT movie!! LOVED the music!! The performance of Joachim Phoenix was absolutely at the highest while that of Reese Witherspoon was maybe slightly above that. Great chemistry between them.
This HAS to be an Oscar winner.