Coal Miner's Daughter

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Summary: IT IS THE BEST MOVIE I HAVE EVER SAW
Review: IT IS MY FAVORITE MOVIE AND I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT MR AND MRS LYNN.

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Summary: Mostly Sexual Slurs
Review: I can't fault Sissy Specak's outstanding performance or her superb rendition of Lorettta Lynn's songs but this movie has more sexual overtones then a peep show.
To suggest rural women are totally worthless aside from making babies {Lynn's fictional husband says "We finally found something you can do", when she gets pregnant.}and singing insults the audience's intelligence. This is not a "take your kids to movie".
A very minor point but worth a mention is that the movie left out Lynn's half sister Chrystal Gayle but included Patsy Kline.

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Summary: Good biography of Loretta Lynn
Review: My aunt and cousin were watching "The Coal Miner's Daughter" and I wasn't really wanting to watch it. There wasn't anything else to do, so I watched it. It was actually a pretty good movie. It tells the biography of Loretta Lynn all the way from how she struggled becoming a mother at the age of 14 all the way to when she forgot the lyrics on stage one night. It also has everything in between such as her becoming friends with Patsy Cline and how she achieved superstardom and became the queen of country music.

Sissy Spacek and Tommy Lee Jones put on great performances as do the others in the movie. Sissy Spacek sings all the songs herself and does a great job as Loretta Lynn. If you like biographical movies, you need to see "The Coal Miner's Daughter."

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Summary: A Well Deserved Oscar For Sissy Spacek
Review: Sissy's well-deserved Oscar for one of the best screen-bios ever. Based on the book of the same name, by Loretta Lynn, Sissy knocks `em dead as the country bumpkin turned country music star. Director Apted's clear vision of the story magnifies his ability to show a more primitive life (see also *Gorillas In The Mist* and *Nell*), and moody cinematography perfectly captures Loretta's Butcher Hollow, Kentucky upbringing - where 13 is not too young to get married, and the coal dust and poverty-stricken conditions guarantee that life will be short. Along comes the brash and determined Dolittle Lynn, confounding the parents and sweeping Loretta off her feet. Tommy Lee Jones plays the character as a hot-headed and directionless young man who comes to believe that his wife may be a talented singer. His life's direction becomes clear, and he makes Loretta his career. It is impossible to cover and entire life and career in 2 hours, and important details are sometimes necessarily dispensed with - but, again, we get to watch Sissy re-invent herself before our very eyes, taking Loretta from being the ill-nourished daughter of a coal miner to being the glorious "First Lady of Country Music" Beverly D'Angelo is the seminal Patsy Cline - brassy and tender, and her brief turn in this film is everything that *Sweet Dreams* with Jessica Lange should have been, but wasn't. The soundtrack was a smash hit, and Spacek and D'Angelo are remarkable for doing their own singing and this helps in securing the film's place as a top tribute. Of the bio genre, there are few to compare with the superiority of this film. *Lady Sings The Blues*, *Your Cheatin' Heart* and *La Bamba* are nice tries, but only *The Buddy Holly Story* comes as close to capturing the true essence of the subject. In the Country Queen realm, television's *Stand By Your Man*, the story of Tammy Wynette, starring Annette O'Toole, did a stand-up job of telling Wynette's story, but, O'Toole's fine performance aside, the production values simply don't hold a candle to the excellence *Coal Miner's Daughter*.

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Summary: The First Lady of Country Music...
Review: An AMAZING performance by Sissy Spacek, solid direction by Michael Apt and great supporting performances by Tommy Lee Jones and Beverly D'Angelo make this film a modern classic. Spacek and D'Angelo sing in their own voices and bring their characters to life. A well earned oscar went to Spacek, but lets not forget the earnest performance by a then unknown Tommy Lee Jones as Dolittle Lynn. He has the modivation and mindset of his character and drives this movie from the sidelines, I am very partial to this movie mainly because my grandmas house is briefly in the movie. Also, the music is awesome, a history of country music. Great cameos by Grand Ole Opry legends just add to the honesty and earnestness of this film. This movie introduced me to country music and was country when country wasn't cool.

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Summary: Commentary track is excellent!
Review: Hardly anyone has mentioned the audio commentary on the DVD with Sissy Spacek and director Michael Apted. It's actually one of the best commentaries I've heard on a movie DVD! Spacek and Apted chat non-stop about the making of the movie, Loretta Lynn, and more. It's fun hearing Sissy gush "Look at that lamp!" when she's watching a scene, or hearing both of them express their admiration for the other players. The commentary track alone makes this a DVD worth having.

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Summary: Breathtaking!
Review: While watching this movie you're going to forget that you're watching a performance piece and not the actual Loretta Lynn! Sissy Spacek is THAT good! Her acting, her speech patterns, her singing, her mannerisms: they're all convincing! The supporting characters are awesome as well, especially Levon Helm as Loretta's father, and, of course, Tommy Lee Jones and Beverly D'Angelo as Loretta's dear friend Patsy Cline.

The only debit this movie has is it kind of loses focus towards the end where Loretta is "going crazy" or whatever it was. I just didn't quite understand what was happening, really. But this is only a minor flaw; it won't take anything away from your viewing experience and your enjoyment of it.

By the way, the story of Patsy Cline is featured in the movie "Sweet Dreams," starring Jessica Lange, which is another incredible movie!

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Summary: Loretta's Story
Review: I was never a great fan of Country and Western singing, but certain performers always impressed me. Loretta Lynn is one of those people. This true story of her life has such great acting, directing, scenery, sets, and music it overwhelms you with realism. Sissy Spacek and Tommy Lee Jones give exceptional performances. Jone's in an early part of his career shows you his potential. Anyone that enjoys drama should like this movie whether you are a fan of this type music or not. I recommend it for the whole family.

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Summary: FINALLY! Loretta on DVD
Review: Whether or not you have an appreciation for Country Music or Loretta Lynn herself, you'll surely be entertained by this rags-to-riches biopic in the same vein as, 'La Bamba,' and, 'Sweet Dreams.' Great performances are in no short supply here with Sissy Spacek and Tommy Lee Jones in what would turn out to be career-making performances for the both of them. As good as Spacek and Jones are the supporting role that 'steals' the film in my book is Beverly D'Angelo's spirited performance as Patsy Cline.

While the video transfer quality of this 2003 released DVD is excellent, what baffles is the lack of a Dolby Digital 5.1 mix. Surely a movie dripping from start to finish in vibrant Country music deserves more then the Dolby 2.0 Mono audiomix on the disc. Very puzzling indeed.

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Summary: There's no salt in a chocolate pie!
Review: After having watched Sweet Dreams, I became curious about watching Coal Miner's Daughter because I love both Loretta Lynn and Patsy Cline. Well, it came on telivision and my Dad taped it for me. It quickly became a new favorite. Some parts are scary like when Loretta and her boyfriend almost fell off the cliff. Some parts are sad like when Patsy Cline died. But I really get a big laugh out of Loretta substituting salt for sugar in her chocolate pie.