A sadly unfurfilling tale about a great artist

Rating: 5/10 (9 March 2015)

First: I saw the extended cut of the movie, and when I refer to Cash and June, it is the movie characters I refer to, not the people they are based on.
I have a problem with this movie, and it is the way Cash is portrayed. How close to reality it is I can not say, but from what it shows in the movie, he seems to have been given everything without having to work for it. The only thing he has going for him is his talent as a writer and musician.
Now, the movie goes through some lengths to show why he became the man he did. A difficult child hood, and being thrown into fame before shaking off his child like stubbornness and selfishness. And then, the addiction and relationship problems, which I am sure made him a much worse person that what he had potential to be.
But when the movie only shows this side of him, and not show any change. The moment in the last concert is very selfish of him. Very. And that's what you get before the movie is over (other than the couple of scenes after that).
Because of this, I am not too happy with the movie, and that is despite everything it has going for it. The amazing acting and singing done by both the leads, the music, the setting and interaction between them and other stars of the era. All of that is amazing! But when the character whose life you are following is unsympathetic till the end, the movie just leaves me hanging.