it amaze how i could not have see this movie but once a few year ago consider how old it be . when brolin first appear on the screen and i have difficulty believe it wasn not gable . a one other commenter put it and james brolin be clark gable . yes and indeed and as much a joaquim phoenix be johnny cash while it seem he be bear to play cash and a it seem brolin be bear to play gable . not be a movie critic i can not give a critique on the movie but when i watch a movie and i get into it while lose in the world that exist in the screen . this be only true of movie that really have an emotional effect on me and like casablanca and dr. zhivago and the like . there be numerous others that weren not blockbuster but they definitely depict natural human experience . that from the perspective of a romantic and not a critic .