StunnaKrypto Self-important, over-dramatic, uninspired.

SunnyHello Nice effects though.

Organnall Too much about the plot just didn't add up, the writing was bad, some of the scenes were cringey and awkward,

DipitySkillful an ambitious but ultimately ineffective debut endeavor.

NikkoFranco 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.

Syl Loretta Lynn is perhaps the best known female country singer around today. Sissy Spacek was awarded a well-deserved Academy Award for her performance as the country music icon. Sissy perfectly captures Loretta's voice, mannerisms and personality in her performance. She begins the film as a naive 14 year old girl from a large coal mining family in small town Kentucky. Through the film, viewers watch Loretta grow up, marry, became a mother and then a country music singer. Tommy Lee Jones played her husband. He was perfectly cast in the role and is believable in the role. Doolittle comes home from the war in Kentucky and spots young Loretta. Levon Helm played Loretta's coal mining father. He was also a music icon too. The film was done on location in Kentucky and Tennesee as well. British film director Michael Apted did a phenomenal job in directing this classic film. I loved seeing the Ryman Auditorium (The Grand Old Opry) in Nashville. I was fortunate to see Loretta Lynn perform "Coal Miner's Daughter" at the new Grand Old Opry in Nashville ten years ago. We learn about the hardships and labor of coal mining. Doolittle and Loretta marry in a justice of the peace ceremony. Loretta and Doolittle move to Washington State for Doo's work. He gets a guitar for his wife as a present. There is a beautiful love story despite the age difference between Loretta and Doolittle. Loretta Lynn has come a long way since those days in a log cabin in Kentucky but she hasn't forgotten her roots.

rkbuchan759 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*

tieman64 A rags to riches biopic, Michael Apted's "Coal Miner's Daughter" portrays the life of pioneering Country and Western singer Loretta Lynn (Sissy Spacek). One of the first films to set in stone the genre's formula, "Daughter" watches as Lynn grows up amidst Kentucky coalfields and moves from a life of extreme poverty to super-stardom.Spacek, who'd do her own singing in the film, would win an Oscar for her role. "Daughter" finds her dealing with the genre's usual obstacles (marital conflict, prescription drugs, nervous breakdowns etc), but Apted's low-key tone keeps things feeling fresh. The film stars Tommy Lee Jones as Loretta's impetuous husband.7.5/10 – Worth one viewing.