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  Review by alicja ★★★ 2

  johnny cash at some point in his life probably: they always say yeehaw but never ask haw yee 😔

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  Review by Bethany ★★★★★ 2

  reese witherspoon and joaquin phoenix BECAME june carter and johnny cash. their chemistry is one of the most beautiful things i’ve ever seen and i could watch them sing together forever. honestly - the performances of an absolute lifetime. this completely blew me away. wow

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  Review by ¢lars ★★★★ 9

  joaquin im-freaking-hot-in-every-role-i-play phoenix

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  Review by Ayo Edebiri ★★★ 1

  Couldn’t stop laughing because I would watch a scene and remember the Walk Hard scene it inspired 😪

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  Review by sophie ★★★★ 8

  joaquin phoenix 🤝 daniel day-lewis 🤝 philip seymour hoffman
                  being the best actors in modern cinema

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  Review by Erin 🍺 ★★★★ 7

  Perhaps I did just cry to Folsom Prison Blues

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  Review by Siena 🌞 ★★★★ 1

  me before watching walk the line: 🙂
  me after watching walk the line: 🤠

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  Review by Will Menaker ★★★★

  There's a scene in this where Johnny, revved up out of his mind on pills, excitedly tells his disinterested parents about writing a letter to that folk singer Bob Dylan on an airplane and receiving a response in the mail. Twenty years later, the promise of the Extended Music Cinematic Universe would be fulfilled when the same director depicted the writing of this letter and its response in "A Complete Unknown."

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  Review by Madison 🎭 ★★★½

  country boy I love youuuuu

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  Review by Patrick Willems ★★★ 2

  In a post-Walk Hard world, this doesn't suffer as much as Ray.

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  Review by san ★★★★ 1

  While there are a ton of simplifications to the story, this is probably one of the most well-done music biopics (that take the traditional route) that I’ve seen. The performances by Phoenix and Witherspoon are fantastic, and the movie wouldn’t be the same without them.

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  Review by musicmoviesme ★★★★ 8

  Johnny Cash is a jackass and an arsehole towards his first wife. But doggone it, Phoenix really nailed it down well, even to Cash’s mannerisms, and Witherspoon was pretty captivating at times.

  Did you know that Phoenix and Witherspoon performed all of the songs themselves? They also played the auto harp and guitar themselves, too. That’s impressive.

  Since the story focused heavily on Cash’s rough side, I can see how this will be unlikeable to certain viewers. If you can get past its character flaws and focus on its strong central performance, you’ll find it entertaining.

  This is a solid music biopic and because of the music genre (country) the appeal and connection will certainly vary from person to person. I love both I Walk the Line and Ring of Fire songs.