A concert organizer (Ned Beatty) tries to cajole various country music personalities and their management into performing at a rally for a divisive political candidate.
This is an ensemble drama with a huge cast that won a couple of Oscars and got nominated for a bunch more. It's kind of a musical in that people sing, but not really because the music is just music and doesn't further the plot. There is, however, a lot of music so if you don't like old-school country like Conway Twitty, Loretta Lynn, or country-adjacent singer-songwriter stuff, you will be in hell for most of the 2+ hour runtime. Also, this movie is really shitty towards women.
I'm pretty sure I got most of the references. Geraldine Chaplin plays possibly the most annoying character to ever be on-screen, but that's on purpose and I think meant as comedy? The late Henry Gibson is the stand-out here at least as far as screen-time with Keith Carradine kind of stealing the show. I'm used to seeing Carradine as the lead and Gibson as supporting so it was interesting to see them switch roles.
This has been in my queue for ages now. It's supposed to be one of Robert Altman's best movies but I wasn't terribly engaged with it. At no point was it funny, cathartic, or particularly dramatic. People just kind of showed up, said stuff, and then the camera moved on to the next person. Your mileage will vary, of course. It's available for rental only according to the internet but I don't know that it's worth $4 of your time.
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