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I Saw the Light boasts a terrifically talented cast, but their performances aren't enough to enliven an unfocused biopic that never comes close to capturing its subject's timeless appeal.
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I Saw the Light doesn't just fail to illuminate Williams' complicated life and his prodigious talent; it can't even capture the dark corners of a man with more than enough to peer into. Jan 2, 2017 | Rating: D | Full Review…
I Saw the Light doesn't just fail to illuminate Williams' complicated life and his prodigious talent; it can't even capture the dark corners of a man with more than enough to peer into.
Kate Erbland
Bleak biopics don't have to be grim (think of Raging Bull). But this one is neither illuminating nor able to make the most of the dark. May 8, 2016 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
Bleak biopics don't have to be grim (think of Raging Bull). But this one is neither illuminating nor able to make the most of the dark.
Charlotte O'Sullivan
An interestingly acted curiosity. May 5, 2016 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
An interestingly acted curiosity.
Peter Bradshaw
One of the better music biopics. May 5, 2016 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
One of the better music biopics.
David Jenkins
Sadly, the movie is a snooze, but see it just for the magnificent Hiddleston, who honors Williams' greatness but also wriggles beyond it. Apr 18, 2016 | Full Review…
Sadly, the movie is a snooze, but see it just for the magnificent Hiddleston, who honors Williams' greatness but also wriggles beyond it.
Stephanie Zacharek
Hiddleston is compelling as Williams, the king of hillbilly music, noting that when he finds a note he's fond of, "I like to hang on to it." One might say the same about director Abraham. Apr 8, 2016 | Rating: 2.5/4 | Full Review…
Hiddleston is compelling as Williams, the king of hillbilly music, noting that when he finds a note he's fond of, "I like to hang on to it." One might say the same about director Abraham.
Brad Wheeler
Tom Hiddleston's excellent performance as Hank Williams deserved a better film but the performance alone is not enough to save I Saw The Light. May 7, 2019 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…
Tom Hiddleston's excellent performance as Hank Williams deserved a better film but the performance alone is not enough to save I Saw The Light.
Cate Marquis
I Saw the Light has a fascinating subject...but still ends up rather a plonky misfire. Apr 3, 2019 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…
I Saw the Light has a fascinating subject...but still ends up rather a plonky misfire.
Tori Brazier
Though there are "steel guitars and weeping fiddles" a-plenty, as a final comment sums up, and despite the good performances throughout, the film still feels like a missed opportunity to get to the heart of its intriguing subject. Feb 21, 2019 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
Though there are "steel guitars and weeping fiddles" a-plenty, as a final comment sums up, and despite the good performances throughout, the film still feels like a missed opportunity to get to the heart of its intriguing subject.
Alexa Dalby
I Saw the Light is unstructured and slogs its way through the troubled rise and fall of arguably one of country music's most legendary figures. Feb 4, 2019 | Full Review…
I Saw the Light is unstructured and slogs its way through the troubled rise and fall of arguably one of country music's most legendary figures.
Amanda Greever
Hiddleston's performance desperately tries to keep "I Saw the Light" afloat, but it can't overcome some serious problems in the film's screenplay and direction. Jan 15, 2019 | Rating: C- | Full Review…
Hiddleston's performance desperately tries to keep "I Saw the Light" afloat, but it can't overcome some serious problems in the film's screenplay and direction.
Micheal Compton
We see enough to make us wish we could see much more with greater clarity. Oct 31, 2018 | Rating: B- | Full Review…
We see enough to make us wish we could see much more with greater clarity.
Abbie Bernstein
Hank Williams doesn't seem to have been that great of a guy. He became addicted to the drink, morphine and other painkillers as well as fathering several children, only one of which he ever married their mother and this all before his untimely death at the age of twenty-nine. While Williams may not have necessarily been the best guy (and possibly one of the worst parents) it is usually these types of people that stand to create the most interesting stories and in Williams case, write the most interesting ones as well. Before becoming popular as a singer Williams was primarily known for being one of Country and Westerns top songwriters. Williams penned and performed countless tunes for a radio show in his hometown of Montgomery, Alabama before securing a deal with the music publishing firm Acuff-Rose as a professional songwriter. All of that taken into consideration, you wouldn't really come to learn much of it from the Marc Abraham (Flash of Genius) biopic concerning Williams as it tends to only patch together a few story points in the singers life rather than dig in and find out what really made him tick. It's admirable that Abraham doesn't take the easy route of opening his film backstage before one of Williams last shows and using it as a framing device for a period of reflection in which the movie's told, but he also doesn't come up with an alternative way to tell us anything insightful about the man and a movie needs to offer more than a Wikipedia page does. read the whole review at www.reviewsfromabed.com
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