If it worked for me...

Rating: 9/10 (26 February 2006)

Well, its a good thing I don't think too much, otherwise I wouldn't have rented this movie. A 2.5 hour movie with Joaquin Pheonix and Reese Witherspoon singing songs I don't know written by a guy I barely heard about? But I just saw it was out on DVD and wanted to see what all the fuss is about - and now I know its a fuss-worthy movie. Apart from being a tad to long, the movie is heartwarming (in a weird way) and most of all, shows you what a great cast of actors can do. Just to watch these two loving and hurting (and singing! Wow!) makes this whole experience worth your while, which is pretty impressive I must say. The same story with two different actors might have been turned off mid way, but these guys just remind you that acting is more than posing on the red carpet and being caught smooching on the beach. Its an art, and Witherspoon and Pheonix are two damn fine artists. If they made me sit still the whole time and then rush to my computer to download some songs - then sorry Hoffman and Huffman, my Oscar goes to Johnny and June.