First the brilliant. The acting talent is beyond stellar from every single character. And as far fetched and crazy as some might think the events are, I wholeheartedly believe that it is just a smidge of the true volatility that existed. It is the type of story operas where once written about.
All that being said, I wish they had put a little more weight on singing talent than they did acting talent. The true story is so compelling that lesser actors who could sing better was called for. Don't get me wrong, Jessica and Michael are very good singers. But they are attempting to perform some of the absolutely best known music in classic country music catalog that were performed by atleast one of the absolute greatest voices to to it. They don't even come close to pulling it off. Great respects to them for even trying but it was a swing and a miss.
I'll still probably watch the whole thing. It could have been SOO much better though.
Edit: I must edit my previous statements. Jessica Chastain was absolutely the perfect casting for this part. I absolutely bow my head to heard dedication to not only sing with a MS accent. But she got pretty damned close to dialog too.
I must unfortunately leave my previous rating in place because as much as I love and respect Michael Shannon as an actor and an artist, he doesn't capture the whine and heartache that made George Jones the king of Country.
All that being said, I wish they had put a little more weight on singing talent than they did acting talent. The true story is so compelling that lesser actors who could sing better was called for. Don't get me wrong, Jessica and Michael are very good singers. But they are attempting to perform some of the absolutely best known music in classic country music catalog that were performed by atleast one of the absolute greatest voices to to it. They don't even come close to pulling it off. Great respects to them for even trying but it was a swing and a miss.
I'll still probably watch the whole thing. It could have been SOO much better though.
Edit: I must edit my previous statements. Jessica Chastain was absolutely the perfect casting for this part. I absolutely bow my head to heard dedication to not only sing with a MS accent. But she got pretty damned close to dialog too.
I must unfortunately leave my previous rating in place because as much as I love and respect Michael Shannon as an actor and an artist, he doesn't capture the whine and heartache that made George Jones the king of Country.