Release Walk the Line

1 release

1.1 box office
1.2 reception
1.3 accolades

release
box office

walk line released on november 18, 2005, in 2,961 theaters, grossing $22.3 million on opening weekend. went on earn $119.5 million in north america , $66.9 million in rest of world total of $186.4 million, above $28 million budget, making box office success. all-time highest grossing music biopic until straight outta compton surpassed in 2015.

reception

critics responded positive reviews, garnering 82% on rotten tomatoes. 2 lead performances received rave reviews, particularly witherspoon s, performance described critics best work date. roger ebert praised witherspoon boundless energy , predicted win academy award best actress. in review los angeles times, carina chocano wrote, joaquin phoenix , reese witherspoon first-rate work — sing, twang, play new-to-them instruments, crackle wit , charisma, , give off sexual heat s wonder don t burst flames .

a. o. scott, in review new york times, had problems phoenix s performance: though singing voice doesn t match original - how it? - convincing in concert, when shoulders tighten , cocks head 1 side. otherwise, seems stuck in kind of off-the-rack psychological straitjacket in hollywood likes confine troubled geniuses . in review time, richard corliss wrote, lot of credit phoenix s performance has go mangold, has been @ finding bleak melodrama in taciturn souls ... if mangold s new movie has problem, s , co-screenwriter gill dennis walk lines of inspirational biography rigorously .

andrew sarris, in review new york observer praised witherspoon spine-tingling feistiness , , wrote, feat has belatedly placed (in mind, @ least) among mere handful of more-than-oscar-worthy performances year . entertainment weekly gave film b+ rating , owen gleiberman wrote, while witherspoon, fine singer herself, makes carter immensely likable, fountain of warmth , cheer, given how sweetly meshes phoenix romantic reticence isn t filled in . baltimore sun reviewer michael sragow wrote, phoenix , witherspoon accomplish in movie transcendent. act every bone , inch of flesh , facial plane, , each tone , waver of voice. own singing startling mastery of country music s narrative musicianship . in review sight , sound, mark kermode wrote, standing ovations, too, witherspoon, has perhaps tougher task of lending depth , darkness role of june, frighteningly chipper stage act - musical-comedy hybrid - courts (but never marries) mockery .

some critics found film constrained hollywood plot formulas of love , loss, ignoring last twenty years of cash s life , other more socio-politically controversial reasons considered man in black .

rosanne cash quite critical of film. saw rough edit , described experience having root canal without anaesthetic . half-brother john carter cash instrumental in having filmmakers remove 2 scenes not flattering mother. furthermore, said, movie painful. 3 of them [in film] not recognizable me parents in way. scenes recognizable, , storyline, whole thing fraught sadness because had died, , had resistance seeing screen version of childhood .

accolades

witherspoon s performance repeatedly recognized, including academy award best actress , other awards such as:

bafta award best actress
broadcast film critic award best actress
golden globe award best actress – musical or comedy
national society of film critics award best actress
online film critics society award best actress
satellite award best actress – musical or comedy
screen actors guild award best actress

film critic andrew sarris ranked walk line number 7 in top films of 2005 , cited reese witherspoon best female performance of year. witherspoon voted favorite leading lady @ 2006 people s choice awards. david ansen of newsweek ranked witherspoon 1 of 5 best actresses of 2005.