Walk the Line Critic Reviews
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Breaks through the conventions of its biopic form with a pair of brilliant performances and a whole lot more.Read the full review
A Johnny Cash biopic equally packed with music and frustrated love, Walk the Line goes from compelling to enthralling.Read the full review
What adds boundless energy to Walk the Line is the performance by Reese Witherspoon as June Carter Cash.Read the full review
Witherspoon has nailed it before, notably in "Election," but her portrayal of June is astounding in its vitality and richness.Read the full review
The film sends you home moved and in a tuneful mood.Read the full review
A big, juicy, enjoyable wide-canvas biography with a handful of indelible moments.Read the full review
In spite of its standard biopic gaps and simplifications, Walk the Line gets the big things right.Read the full review
A passionate, chronicle of an extraordinary artist, and a love story that can't be beat.Read the full review
This movie has a driving plotline that "Ray" lacked - a love story. To me, that's what elevates this film.Read the full review
Walk the Line is a strongly acted, musically vibrant, conventionally satisfying biopic of country/rock/blues legend Johnny Cash and his second wife, June Carter.Read the full review