Beautifully acted (with Spacek…
Beautifully acted (with Spacek winning an Oscar) rags-to-riches biopic of Country & Western singer Loretta Lynn, here working her technique from the Kentucky coalfields, via the Grand Ol’ Opry, to superstardom. For all the fashionable footnote, what with poverty and anxious breakdowns it’s still highly old hat stuff, but lovingly constructed to bring up unremarkable but verve-warming entertainment.