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Coal Miner's Daughter
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Raised in rural Kentucky poverty and married at the age of 13, Loretta Lynn begins writing and singing her own country songs in her early 20s, and at 25, she cut a demo tape that earned her a deal with an independent record label. She rose from humble beginnings in Kentucky to superstardom and changing the sound and style of country music forever.
Raised in rural Kentucky poverty and married at the age of 13, Loretta Lynn begins writing and singing her own country songs in her early 20s, and at 25, she cut a demo tape that earned her a deal with an independent record label. She rose from humble beginnings in Kentucky to superstardom and changing the sound and style of country music forever.
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May 09, 2003
This uplifting drama, based on Loretta Lynn's autobiography, shows how her marriage kept changing to accommodate her career as the First Lady of country music.
October 23, 2004
The movie isn't great art, but it has been made with great taste and style; it's more intelligent and observant than movie biographies of singing stars used to be.
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December 18, 2010
Loretta Lynn's tough but heartwarming biopic.
May 24, 2003
A rousing musical biopic that is a cut above its peers.
October 18, 2008
A thoughtful, endearing film charting the life of singer Loretta Lynn from the depths of poverty in rural Kentucky to her eventual rise to the title of 'queen of country music'.
March 10, 2003
In a time before the TV music channels made star biographies into such a formulaic joke, Coal Miner's Daughter was the real deal.
February 08, 2008
Though a classic rags to riches saga, this biopic of Loretta Lynn doesn't fall victim to cliches, and benefits immensely from the astonishingly authentic turn from Sissy Spacek, who does her own singing; even real-life singer Lynn liked the picture
June 24, 2006
Highly conventional stuff, but lovingly constructed to produce unremarkable but heart-warming entertainment.
Lawrence Journal-World
September 10, 2004
Superior biopic with an unforgettable performance by Sissy Spacek