Very touching story with brilliant actors

Rating: 9/10 (5 February 2006)

Personally, I wasn't familiar with the life story of Johnny Cash before seeing this movie. I was interested about his music, though, so I had quite big expectations. Joaquin Phoenix is absolutely brilliant in his portrayal of Cash. Knowing he did his own singing in the movie makes me respect him even more. The same can be said of Reese Witherspoon as June Carter. The two have good chemistry on screen, and it's a joy to watch the story unfold when two actors in great roles carry it on. But I think the most important thing in "Walk the Line" is Cash's music. The songs are very carefully picked and fit in the story perfectly. "Walk the Line", in my opinion, is a near-perfect movie. Go see it.