One of the best biopics I have seen in a long time

Rating: 9/10 (11 October 2010)

I usually don't go for true-life stories but I had to watch this because I like Reese Witherspoon and I like musical movies.
Walk The Line is an Oscar winning biopic based on the country singer Johnny Cash who is famous for wearing black and his battle with drugs. The film centres on J.R Cash as a child who's father used to bully him over the death of his brother John Cash who died as he got caught in a saw when he was doing work. A few years later we see a grown up J.R (Joaquin Phoniex who left the movie business behind him to focus on rapping but fear not it was a hoax)who works in the RFA as a air pilot. While he is at work he writes a song called I hang my head and cry(dunno the name of the song)and it becomes an instant hit.
He goes to a record deal in his hometown and his first single was the song he sang at the RFA. He later meets June Carter(played by the brilliant Reese Witherspoon who got an award for this movie)whom he falls for as she had 2 failed marriages one was with a stock car driver the other was a lorry driver.
Of course John is married with 3 young girls from Vivenne who was a right pain as she was always moaning and sulking and he hadn't a life with her at all,whereas when he is with June she helps him become a better man as he is addicted to drugs and with her help he soon stops taking them.
What I like about this film is that I like how it centres on Johnny Cash's life and on his childhood and the chemistry between Phoniex & Witherspoon was very good I could watch them together in a different movie if they ever got the chance to work with each other again. Reese was fantastic as the feisty southern bell June Carter who looked unrecognizable without her blonde hair. Joaquin was brilliant as Johnny Cash even though he looked a lot like Elvis Presley in a way.
I love the part where Johnny proposes to June on stage and at first she said no and then she said OK and he lifts her up in the air and says she finally said yes as they were kissing. My only downside to this film is that it was kinda hard to follow in some parts and the ending wasn't what I expected as I thought we could see Johnny & June as an old couple before they died and they were raising their children.
Having said that I truly liked it and if you are a Johnny Cash fan or a Reese Witherspoon fan then check it out cause it is very good.