A zesty, enjoyable big-canvas biography that's just compelling enough to make you wish it had been more artful. As Johnny Cash, Joaquin Phoenix gets that famous gravity, but when the film turns to how he spent years courting, loving, yet never winning June Carter (Reese Witherspoon), it's on shakier ground, since June's romantic reticence isn't fully filled in.
EW's GRADE
B+Details Release Date: Nov 18, 2005; Rated: PG-13; Length: 136 Minutes; Genres: Biography, Drama; With: Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon; Distributor: Fox 2000 Pictures; More
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