Wonderful. Plus you get charmed by Reese Witherspoon.

Rating: 9/10 (18 February 2007)

I must say "Walk the Line" is an excellent biography type film about country-rock legend Johnny Cash. From start to finish you are not only entertained but informed also, and the acting and music during the film is just magnificent you often sense you are watching the real Johnny Cash and reliving his life over before your eyes. Also Joaquin Phoenix does a fine job portraying Cash, his actions and looks and singing manners are realistic. Most of all this film educates you as many like myself learned plenty about Johnny it begins with his humble upbringing in rural Arkansas on a farm with tragedy striking that causes Johnny to leave for the service and to later settle in Memphis. From then the film does a good job to show how Cash got started in the business by making records locally in Memphis, TN and just little by little he starts to tour around only to meet the young innocent and popular June Carter(Reese Witherspoon). Going along as this film shows the touring and many like the actual singing which was good and you feel as if though both the voices of Reese and Joaquin are really John's and June's, to me I find the transformation of these two central characters relationship the most pleasing. Little by little John who stays on tour all the time, and drags away from his wife and kids becomes more attached and falls for the charm of June. Also the up and downs are portrayed nice showing that John went thru the tough period of drugs and alcohol, before finally coming to terms and getting his main love in life June Carter. This man in black has to travel the rocky road sometimes, but his faith and good nature pulls him back in the end. I must say this was a very charming performance from Reese Witherspoon, she was just so nice and fit the part of June Carter so great her skills and talent showed off with a great singing voice! Reese was well deserving of her Oscar win, she's now America's true sweetheart! Overall this movie was a great true story of a country-rock legend that educated and entertained while both showing highs and lows and ending with a couple that loved one another.