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Created Nov 04, 2007 08:04PM PST • Edited Jul 05, 2021 05:04PM PST

1. Quality

2. Summary

   Really Great 4.5

   Walk The Line is a great music biopic, enjoyable whether you’re a country music fan or not, or care a whit about Johnny Cash & June Carter. After watching the movie, you’ll know why they are held in such high esteem and cared about as people.

4. Acting

   Perfect 5.0

   Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon are wonders as Johnny and June, disappearing into the roles and acquiting themselves more than ably in performing the songs.

5. Male Stars Perfect 5.0

6. Female Stars Perfect 5.0

7. Female Costars Perfect 5.0

8. Male Costars Perfect 5.0

10. Film

    Great 4.0

11. Direction Very Good 3.5

12. Play Great 4.0

13. Music Perfect 5.0

14. Visuals Great 4.0
15. Content

16. Edge

    Risqué 1.7

17. Sex Titillating 1.6

18. Violence Gentle 1.4

19. Rudeness Salty 2.1

21. Reality

    Glib 1.2

    Johnny Cash – more than just a great singer songwriter – was a seminal figure in both country and rock music, creating a style of music – gritty and real – that changed the world. The legendary Sam Phillips summed up this rock-and-roll ethos in the movie:

    Or… would you sing somethin’ different. Somethin’ real. Somethin’ you felt. Cause I’m telling you right now, that’s the kind of song people want to hear. That’s the kind of song that truly saves people. It ain’t got nothin to do with believin’ in God, Mr. Cash. It has to do with believin’ in yourself.

    Walk the Line shows how Johnny and June met this challenge as well as anyone ever did.

22. Circumstantial Glib 1.5

23. Biological Natural 1.0

24. Physical Natural 1.0