Cooktopi The acting in this movie is really good.

Calum Hutton It's a good bad... and worth a popcorn matinée. While it's easy to lament what could have been...

Ella-May O'Brien Each character in this movie — down to the smallest one — is an individual rather than a type, prone to spontaneous changes of mood and sometimes amusing outbursts of pettiness or ill humor.

Kayden This is a dark and sometimes deeply uncomfortable drama

robertpwalton2 Gamecocks said it very well - if you don't get goose bumps during the final scene of this movie you can't be human. That must explain why I have watched that scene about 50 times on Utube. You can find it by entering 'Utube I cross my heart' on the AOL search bar. You will not be disappointed, I promise you. I have also watched the entire movie more than five times - and if you don't want to purchase the DVD, you can watch it on Utube for nothing. One scene involves Wyatt, Dusty's off stage name, being given a beat down by Al outside a bar in the evening when it was raining, since Al was annoying Harley. Wyatt ends up in the mud, looking up at Harley. Harley gets Al away from Wyatt by pinching his hand in the door of her truck and then slamming the door in his face, breaking his nose. By the way, by now I have fallen in love with Harley,and likely will always love her. Harley takes Wyatt to her home, and invites him to breakfast. When Wyatt sees Al driving up in his pickup, then annoying Harley again, he walks out to where they are. Al, who has tape on his nose and a bandage on his right hand, asks Wyatt if he wants another beat down. Wyatt shoves Al, who is much bigger than Wyatt is, and Wyatt says 'absolutely', a great use of a word reflecting the quality of this film. Al swings his fist at Wyatt, but Wyatt ducks under it, then breaks Al's nose for a second time. On his way back to Harley's house, Wyatt steps on Al's injured hand.

daviddaphneredding In this his first movie role, George Strait does an outstanding job as one of his fictitious counterparts who is very frustrated with all the panache connected with the performances-i.e., he doesn't like all the smoke and the lights, but just wants to play his guitar and sing. Because of the frustration he just wants "to take a walk", and so he does. As a basic rule, I am not a country music fan, but this movie has some sort of appeal to it. It's a touching story about an unhappy man who really just wants to find true love. He performs well the many songs he sings in this movie. And, Lesley Ann Warren and Kyle Chandler give strong support as people easy to want to kill because of their crooked shenanigans. The seasoned veteran actor Rory Calhoun (and I grew up on his movies) acts well the part of a run-down rancher who's tired of ranching, and Isabel Glasser is a lovely young lady who, though a pistol at times, is adorable. This is a movie I can't see too often, so good to me personally.

coolmanray I was not expecting George Strait to come out in his first film and win an Oscar for best actor, anyone who expected otherwise is just ridiculous. But he did progress through the movie and you can clearly see he is better in the last half. This is one of those movies I can watch over and over when it comes on. Its also a great lesson. Please do not try to read too much into this movie as most critics do, just sit back and enjoy the story with no preconceived notions and you will be entertained. Leslie Ann Warren does a great job for her part, as does John Doe and Isabel Glasser. All the music in the movie and a couple more are available on the Soundtrack, which I personally think is George Straits best album he has ever put out.

boujackii I've always hated country music until I saw Pure Country (1992),I even went out and bought the sound track.One Night The Lord put a song in my heart about 4:am and I wrote my own Country Song and would like anyone else but George to sing it. It is guaranteed to be a chart buster even with me singing it.(LMAO) So George if you read this contact me, I've song it several time in the Public and other non-Country Music Lovers loved it.Even with me not being able to carry a note. I would give this entire Album a thumbs up and Movie 10 fingers and 10 toes up. Still today I watch it at least once a month, this is not bad for a person never listens to country music , in fact the sound track is the only Country CD I have in my entire Collection and I have thousands, so this really says a lot about this project. I am really looking forward to Part II, if their is to be one, People everywhere want to know what happened after the show in Las Vegas. So George do us all a favor and do a Part II, for your fans.An Old But new fan of Country