Overview: A chronicle of country music legend Johnny Cash's life, from his early days on an Arkansas cotton farm to his rise to fame with Sun Records in Memphis, where he recorded alongside Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins.

You don’t have to like Johnny’s music to appreciate this movie, but it helps. The main reasons for going to see this movie are Joaquin Pheonix and Reese Witherspoon. Both are Oscar nominated to leading acting roles in their categories, and rightly so. But besides that, this is a well-made movie that moves at a good pace and keeps us interested.

Too much like Ray (similar childhood experiences, exposure to different music, drugs, affairs, etc.) this movie might suffer by comparison, but only if you let it. Just enjoy this story, the acting, the music, and you’ll have a good time at the movies.

Priceless Scene: Johnny’s entrance into the Folsom prison concert. The build up to it is perfect and for those of us who know how big that album became, we can feel the impact and understand why it became Johnny’s trademark.