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'Walk the Line': The love story feels real
by Bob Longino

Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon look like the last two people on Earth who might pass for Johnny Cash and the love of his life, June Carter Cash. Phoenix isn't nearly tall enough. Witherspoon's bone structure is way off. Still, both prove just right in "Walk the Line," the mostly serviceable but sometimes downright mesmerizing biopic of country music's legendary Man in Black. Read the full review

TO SUM UP
A dramatic exploration of the the early years of the life of music legend Johnny Cash. As his music changed the world, Cash's own world was rocked by the woman who became the love of his life: June Carter.

FILM FACTS ...

20th Century Fox

'Walk the Line'

Director: James Mangold
Starring: Joaquin Phoenix, Reese Witherspoon, Ginnifer Goodwin, Shelby Lynne, Robert Patrick
Run time: 135 minutes
Release date: November 18, 2005
Rating: PG-13 for some language, thematic material and depiction of drug dependency.
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The Atlanta Journal-Constitution: B
"Phoenix and Witherspoon, who both do their own singing, know something about personality and soul and letting a character emanate from within... Both may be in line for Oscar nominations."

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Austin American-Statesman: 2 of 5 stars
"The lead actors no doubt saw Oscars dancing when they took the gig, but then found out too late that the story's just not that thrilling."

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Middletown Journal: A
"...probably the most masculine Hallmark movie ever made, and I mean that as a compliment."

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The Palm Beach Post: B-
"... a surface-deep treatment that jumps several years at a time and settles for generic montages of Cash's road tours. For a man who prided himself on being a maverick, his life is played out on film awfully conventionally."