My Father And The Man In Black (2013)

Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

Great movie! If you want to be entertained and have a few good laughs, see this movie. The music is also very good,

It is neither dumb nor smart enough to be fun, and spends way too much time with its boring human characters.

There's a more than satisfactory amount of boom-boom in the movie's trim running time.

A great documentary! The director is really brave to publicly expose his painful past, then take that and turn it into a positive. I work below-the-line in the entertainment industry and am very familiar with demanding stars! This is a really interesting study of a crazy working relationship between artist and manager, and good example of how managers (or publicists and personal assistants etc.) have to clean up very messy situations. And all of it thanklessly! It also shows some of the far-reaching negative effects on many lives – artists, their teams, the families alike – that can result from being or dealing with someone famous. It is really touching and well done, and I recommend everyone on the backside of Hollywood see this film.

Being an avid film and Cash fan I eagerly anticipated watching this film.I'm not sure what the intent of this film was. It seems that the only point was to exploit the tragic life of Jonny cash to make a few bucks. It lacked any relevant material and brought nothing new to light regarding Cash and seemed to me to be a cry for help from a whining spawn of a workaholic. The filmmaker is too far removed from the story to bring anything of value to the table. The only redeeming thing about this movie is that it put me to sleep about 45 minutes into it. I tried watching it again the next night with the same result. This shouldn't be marketed as entertainment it should be sold as a sedative. Unless you have a severe sleep disorder I wouldn't waste time or money on this DVD.Sheldon Greenglass

I was excited to see this film since I'm a huge Cash fan, I discovered his music when I was 15 and haven't stopped listening since. But the film really let me down man.The reviews said how it was great and a must see and whatever and i found the film to be completely self serving.Dude, its like if you made a film about Katy Perry's manager.Who cares? and where are johnnys kids to have a say in this film? I've got my own family troubles too, doesn't mean you make a film about it and expect it to be gold. the narration is robotic, the film is flat. only thing that saves the film is the visual effects which are interesting at first but then appear to be the directors crutch to hide the lack of content on our man in black.

Jonathan Holiff has created a wonderful documentary, exploring the torturous relationship between Johnny Cash, his father (who was Cash's manager), and himself. He's very nicely mixed real audio recordings with re-enacted scenes to put us in the middle of this complicated relationship. Full disclosure: Jonathan is my cousin. But that takes nothing away from the marvellous way he's pulled back the curtain to explore this often wonderful, often awful relationship among the three of them. The tangled web includes Saul Holiff's difficult relationship with an increasingly out of control Johnny Cash, and Jonathan's increasingly difficult relationship with his father, who was not much of a father at all and knew it.