When a movie has its release date changed, that's almost never a good sign. It shows the studio has no faith in the movie. And so this happened with "I Saw the Light," which was supposed to be released in November to prime it for upcoming awards shows such as the Oscars and Golden Globes. After a tepid opening at the Toronto Film Festival in Sept. 2015, the film was moved out of the awards season and into the spring. That is because the movie is just not that good. It's all about the scandals of Hank Williams life and it barely skims who he was as an artist. We see him indulging in womanizing, drinking, and pill popping. We see his health problems and him showing up late or not all for shows and then being fired from the Opry. But how did he develop as a singer and song writer? What was it that drove his creative process? How did he inspire future generations of singers years after his death? I don't really know from watching this film. Hiddleston is convincing as a Southerner and does a good job doing his own singing. Cherry Jones gives a strong performance as his mother. But they can't save this slow paced, meandering film. A better film can be made about this great artist.

Hiddleston couldn&#39;t play a chord if His life depended on it, and the sound editors of this movie left the Auto Tune software on &quot;11&quot; for the entire flick! So if the actor playing Hank .. can&#39;t sing or play guitar - what is the point? <br/><br/>I have read the Colin Escott book that the movie is &quot;supposedly&quot; based on! And every other biography of &quot;Hank&quot;! Hank had his issues, but &quot;everyone&quot; who came in contact with him became his friend! Why? Because Hank could charm the pants off anyone, and was a good friend! This movie shows none of that! Hank as portrayed in this biopic is someone who We don&#39;t even care about! Why care about Hank as Hiddleston plays him? This picture portrays Hank as a miserable, helpless person. Although Hank was in constant pain, everyone who met hank &quot;in real life&quot; loved him.<br/><br/>No-one loves the Hank shown in this movie!

Growing up I was more familiar with Hank Williams Jr. and his music still I heard stories about the life and hard times of his legendary dad Hank Sr. and how that his life was short and tragic. With this film a biography typed called &quot;I Saw the Light&quot;(a hit Williams song)it&#39;s very informative and interesting as it shows the rise and complex life of a man who battled the bottle and women which all lead to his tragic young end.<br/><br/>Tom Hiddleston is in top form as the country legend he plays Hank to near perfection from his accent to his posture and movements and actually does a pretty good job singing Hank Williams songs. The film just really is a chapter by chapter turn in the life of the country western music legend showing his rise to fame sadly the fame was mixed with man problems like failed marriages and many different lady friends and Hank had plenty of kids with different mothers as they gave birth to them out of wedlock. And his biggest inner personal demons was his battle with the bottle, it&#39;s clear the sorrow and sadness of Hank&#39;s short life was fueled by alcohol and whiskey. Overall well done film that shed light on the tragic life of a young legend.