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For better or worse, it's the platonic ideal of the Hollywood musical/biopic — terrific, award-worthy performances and incredibly problematic depictions of events that may or may not have even happened. I guess I'm not really sure what the angle is here at the end of the day. Am I supposed to despise the Tommy Lee Jones character as the violent, sociopathic groomer that he is? Or do I just "take the good with the bad" and accept that, even with all his faults, this is a person who shaped the figure in question? It's not exactly clear and I feel like it kinda should be when you have a character as allegedly flawed as Doolittle Lynn was. With that, should I also consider throwing a good portion of those concerns to the wayside in the face of some recent revelations regarding the material this film was based on? Yeah, I guess there's been some doubts cast on the veracity of the autobiography at the center of things here, with some of the more salacious allegations drawing skepticism in particular. All the more reason for me to check out on movies with as much baggage as this. Again, great acting and even better singing. Just a little too icky when it comes to most of the intangibles.

A beautiful musical biography. Sissy Spacek played the role of Loretta Lynn perfectly as Lynn herself chose her for that role. The country music throughout the film is very soothing and pleasant. I loved this movie.

Greatest music biopic ever! Sissy Spacek is amazing as Loretta Lynn! She 100% deserved her Best Actress Academy Award! Tommy Lee Jones was awesome as Sissy Spacek's on-screen husband, Doo Little Lynn. Him and Spacek have great on-screen chemistry Together. Beverly D'Angelo is wonderful as Patsy Cline. This is one of my favorite movies of all time!