this movie have some of the bad act i have ever see . dennis quaid performance be high school caliber . while it difficult to portray an off the wall character like jerry lee lewis and it can be do . just ask jamie foxx ( although ray charles have more depth to his personality and musicianship than lewis ever dream of possess ) . the phillips brother portrayal belong in the duke of hazzard and and alec baldwin play jimmy swaggart be a bit like donald duck perform shakespeare . when robert duvall play a country preacher and i buy it . baldwin never make me believe a single word . wynona ryder part be the best and and she be mediocre . ( and can anyone figure out how she be 13 when lewis meet her and still 13 more than a year later . ) some check on the internet reveal the essential fact present by the film be true and at least no more foul up than most hollywood bio pic . this film do badly at the box office and and it should have .