Joaquin Phoenix is the new Johnny Cash!

Rating: 10/10 (6 March 2013)

James Mangold's Walk the Line is a very powerful, accurate biography on the iconic country music star, Johnny Cash. This film boasts powerful performances from Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon. They both sang live and they both can sing! In fact, Phoenix sounded remarkably like Johnny Cash.
This film tells the life of Johnny and how he led a troubled life that began with his drunken father blaming him for his brother's death. The movie goes through the times when he became an alcoholic and a drug user. The film also goes through his love life and his crooning for June Carter.
The acting is very good. Phoenix and Witherspoon are excellent casting choices. They sang very well and had powerful performances. I liked Robert Patrick as Johnny's father. Patrick didn't hold anything back and he let his true father-like resentment come out on top.
Overall, this is a very good film about the legendary Johnny Cash. I liked how the songs were used in the movie because many of them are my favorites. Honestly, I liked Phoenix's version of "Walk the Line" better than Cash's. I won't spoil anything here, but the last two scenes are the best scenes in the movie. I rate this film 10/10.