4 out of 10

Rating: 4/10 (13 March 2006)

This is a movie about how a person (in this case a man) becomes a star, how he abuses of certain substances and how his life is a mess based on his "dark" past and the destructiveness of fame. Does it sound familiar? Yes, there are 300 movies about this subject and they are all pretty much the same and this is just another one. It doesn't even matter if it's about Cash, Janis Joplin, Ray Charles or, let's say, Barry Manilow. So we are talking about an extremely conventional type of movie. Then let's talk about the movie itself... first of all is waaaaay too long (at least 40 minutes longer than it should be) and that's a big problem. Then the acting Joaquin: kinda good acting (well I'm not sure) and good singing... but too much singing!!! I would've loved two hours (and more) of real Cash but not that much singing from an impersonator. Reese, she does a really good and authentic... Reese. I mean, I really like her (I actually love her in "Election"), but in WTL there's no real acting or challenge at all actually, her acting was exactly the same when she got the Oscar. So, 4/10 just because I could stand the 136 minutes (men!) without falling asleep.