This is a must-see and one of the best documentaries - and films - of this year.

By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

Amazing worth wacthing. So good. Biased but well made with many good points.

Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.

I was a teenager when I have seen this film, but I do remember the details such as how many ( or how less ) paying audience was in the cinema at that time. Am I glad that more than thirty years later, I am able to see this film again. I am equally impressed with Sissy Spacek´s performance then and now still and what is also striking is that there was not a lot of boot kicking, country-singing you see in most biographies about singers rather a lot of hardship and heartbreak. A solid, quality film.

Based on the true story of country singer Loretta Lynn, this biopic follows her from her marriage at the tender of thirteen to the peak of fame. Sissy Spacek won an Oscar for her portrait of the protagonist at all stages of her life, including her teenage years. While her transformation throughout is quite a feat, the project is nevertheless compromised by the fact that Spacek never looks younger than nineteen or twenty. There is an intense scene in which her husband (nine years her senior) rapes her on their wedding night, but any impact is lessened by the fact that she in no way looks like a child. The film also takes some rather odd turns with her husband subsequently becoming the one person furthering and pushing forward her career. This may have happened, but as portrayed in the film, it is a baffling 180 degree turn for a person who (at least in the first half of the film) comes off as a little more than an opportunistic child rapist. The film does have a lot of positives though even if some elements do not add up. Beverly D'Angelo is excellent as Patsy Cline, pretty much Lynn's only real friend during her rise to fame. The film also depicts Lynn's coal mining roots in ample detail to point that the contrast is really heartfelt as she sings the title song at the end, and as such, the film works well as a reminder that with effort, anything is possible for those from humble roots.

Coal Miner's Daughter: Sissy Spacek was personally chosen by Loretta Lynn to play the lead in this in fabulous recreation of the story of her climb out of the Kentucky coal mine squalor to her honored place as " The First Lady of Country Music". Sissy spent months with Loretta and even toured with her to prepare. Sissy did such a great job with the vocals, recording staff on the road had an impossible task remembering which track was Loretta & which was Sissy. Early in her career Loretta Lynn meets Patsy Cline and the two form an instant friendship and are virtually inseparable until Patsy's sudden death in a tragic plane crash. (One of Loretta's twin girls born shortly after was named "Patsy".) Tommy Lee Jones plays Loretta's husband "Mooney ". Beverly D'Angelo plays Patsy Cline. Incredibly, Sissy & Beverly do ALL their OWN singing in the movie! Extremely well done ! So real you can almost taste the coal dust! 10*

This is one of the great American films. It has so many strengths. The father-daughter bond. The great affection and unselfishness of Lynn's husband in not just supporting her, but steadfastingly urging her to perform. The fantastic, understated but focused performances of Sissy Spacek and Tommy Lee Jones that conveys a genuine affection. The way the film depicts a strong, proud Southern culture, even in the father's funeral scene. The close friendship of Lynn with Patsy Cline is a film in itself; how, instead of seeing Lynn as a threat, Cline embraces her and encourages her to forge her own career. Finally, more than 30 years since its release, Coal Miner's Daughter stands the test of time, because it's genuinely a film with heart and soul.