It was another routinary Saturday night for me when I watched this movie with my housemate. I was just lying on my bed and listening to music the whole day and was doing NOTHING. I was completely damn sluggish that time. While searching for a nice show, my housemate suggested me to watch this movie instead. He said that it was a nice romantic movie to watch.
Summary:
James Mangold's Walk the Line tells the life story of country music legend Johnny Cash (Joaquin Phoenix), focusing primarily on the long courtship he had with June Carter (Reese Witherspoon). The film is structured as an extended flashback opening with Cash readying to take the stage at his historic Folsom Prison Concert. The film touches on his childhood, relating a horrific early incident from his life and establishing the troubled relationship he would have with his father (Robert Patrick). Cash joins the military and leaves home. During his time in the armed services he begins writing songs and romances a hometown girl (Ginnifer Goodwin). After the end of his duty he settles down and attempts to begin a music career, but his wife has trouble adjusting to his dreams. Cash auditions for Sam Phillips (Dallas Roberts), signs to Sun Records, and soon finds himself on tour with a roster of young soon to be legends that includes Elvis Presley (Tyler Hilton) and Jerry Lee Lewis (Waylon Malloy Payne). On this tour he meets June Carter, the daughter of the famous Carter family, and they take a liking to each other although she refuses any serious advances from him. Cash gains world wide fame thanks in part to the inspiration he gets from June, but eventually his marriage crumbles and he develops a serious drug addiction. 
My Review:
Walk the Line is first and foremost a love story. It touches on most of the standard scenes people have come to expect from movies about real-life musicians, but the material is infused with energy by two outstanding lead performances.
No question, I agree that Joaquin Phoenix did an awesome job portraying the role. He was able to handle his owns singing in the film and his physical resemblance to Cash is superficial - the illusion is complete though I am not a fan of Cash hehehe. On the other hand, I am not that convinced on Reese Witherspoon’s performance, really! Yes, it may be one of her finest performances since she has been appearing mostly in fluff movies lately but for me it was not yet an award-winning performance. Just my opinion though…
I will admit to not having been excited about seeing Walk the Line before sitting down to watch it, but they converted me. Over-all, it’s a nice movie to watch.
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