magic

Rating: 10/10 (20 November 2005)

when i first read in rolling stone about this film being made and phoenix as the lead i hung my head and asked god "why? why him? of all people why him?" flashbacks of the village and 8mm and a slew of others such as his role in Uturn which was awful came flooding back into my mind. Reese Witherspoon wasn't that bad after all who could argue with sound acting experience that is Legally blonde and legally blond 2...not to mention Overnight Delivery. But after hearing and seeing some clips and audio files i thought "maybe they'll do the man in black some justice" they did more than that...they took that entire genre and perfected a movie about it. with great renditions of jerry lee lewis and Elvis and buddy holly i was blown away. i wanted to know and see more about those characters and people in that time period as well. but phoenix takes it and makes it his own his guitar playing style and charm and shear weirdness that was and is johnny cash was excellent. Witherspoon did a great job and redeemed herself. i was proud to have seen it and will probably be a repeat viewer. loved it