I Saw the Light
2015 · Movie · R · 123 min · ★ 6.2 · 33% critics
This biographical drama follows a rising country music star in the 1940s as fame, heavy drinking, and infidelity strain both a fast-moving career and a troubled marriage. It focuses more on the personal fallout of success than on a full portrait of the music itself.
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Details
- Years
- 2015
- Release date
- 2016-02-05
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 123 min
- Critic score
- 33/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.2/10 (216 votes)
About
You may like this if you enjoy music biopics centered on troubled fame and relationships, especially if Back to Black or De-Lovely worked for you; Not for you if you want a lively, deeply detailed portrait.
Pros: strong lead performance; memorable songs; period atmosphere | Cons: shallow storytelling; uneven pacing; too much domestic focus
Themes
- country music
- musical
- biography
- addiction
- 1940s
Cast & crew
Tom Hiddleston
as Hank Williams
Elizabeth Olsen
as Audrey Mae Williams
Wayne Péré
as Toby Marshall
David Krumholtz
as James Dolan
Wrenn Schmidt
as Bobbie Jett
Bradley Whitford
as Fred Rose
Josh Pais
as Dore Schary
Cherry Jones
as Lillie Williams
James DuMont
as WB Nowlin
Joe Chrest
as Oscar Davis
Directed by Marc Abraham