There isn't the sense of a well-shaped structure in this movie; there's no clear idea of what the filmmakers thought about Patsy Cline, or what thoughts her life is supposed to inspire.
– Roger Ebert,
Chicago Sun-Times,
1 Jan 2000
fresh:
Miss Lange makes herself a perfect physical extension of the vibrant, changeable, enormously expressive woman who can be heard on these recordings.
– Janet Maslin,
New York Times,
20 May 2003
fresh:
The two main performances are excellent: Lange plays the singer without a hint of condescension to her dreams of 'a big house with yellow roses', while Harris is persuasively menacing, with an inventively foul mouth.
– Geoff Andrew,
Time Out,
24 Jun 2006
fresh:
Lange and Harris, dangerously well-matched, give us lovers whom only success could sunder.