Good music. Girl didn't end up with who I wanted her to. Typical plot line. Girl goes to Nashville to find herself. Falls in love. Broken heart. Gives up and heads home. Moment of realization. Heads back, finally writes hit song. Plus the whole love triangle with the poor friend who's nice and can't help but love the girl. Emotional%u2026almost cried..

Starts out very well, with bright snappy dialogue, good music (even for a non C&W fan) and excellent performances, but takes a disasterous turn from the second act onwards as each character becomes more strident and obnoxious (especially Mathis), and huge chunks of story appear to happen off-camera (divorces, the rivalry between Phoenix and Mulroney which really doesn't go anywhere). Bogdanovich, what happened??

Even for someone who's not into country music (like me), it's a good film.