Soon after the rising young singer-songwriter Beau Williams gets involved with a fallen, emotionally unstable country star Kelly Canter, the pair embark on a career resurrection tour helmed by her husband/manager James and featuring a beauty queen-turned-singer Chiles Stanton. Between concerts, romantic entanglements and old demons threaten to derail them all.
Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 1 win & 7 nominations.
Top Critics Reviews
rotten:
Unfortunately weak.
– Mary F. Pols,
TIME Magazine,
11 Jan 2011
rotten:
The movie isn't worth the scuffed cowgirl boots it's scooting around in.
– David Fear,
Time Out New York,
12 Jan 2011
rotten:
If Feste actually believes that this show is country nirvana, she has no business making a country movie.
– Peter Rainer,
Christian Science Monitor,
14 Jan 2011
rotten:
Shana Feste's screenplay seldom rises above the level of daytime TV; the only actor who triumphs over her trite dialogue is Tim McGraw in a nonsinging role as Paltrow's husband and manager.
– Andrea Gronvall,
Chicago Reader,
14 Jan 2011
rotten:
Paltrow gives it her best but is so conspicuously doing country. We're meant to believe she has spent half her life staring into a vodka bottle, but she glows like she's just stepped out of a yoga retreat.