About as Good of a Cash Biopic as We Can Hope For

Rating: 7/10 (12 May 2010)

I initially had some concerns about this film. First and foremost, I didn't really understand the casting of Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon. Not that they did bad jobs, but just that I think they weren't the most obvious casting choices. However, when I found out Cash had chosen Phoenix personally to portray him, well, I can't really argue with that.
I also think they played down the negatives a bit. The domestic abuse is pretty much nonexistent and the drug abuse shows up, but makes Cash seem more like a lovable loser than an outright problem. I understand that Cash's son was a producer on this film, but the true story would be a bit more rough. (That, and the story cuts off with almost forty years of Cash's life left. One thinks there could have been more to say...)