Editing Coal Miner's Daughter (film) (section)

==Reception==
===Box office===
In its opening weekend in the United States and Canada, ''Coal Miner's Daughter'' was number 1 at the box office, grossing $3.6 million in 796 theaters. The film grossed a total of $67.1 million in the United States and Canada, becoming the [[1980 in film|seventh highest-grossing film of 1980 in North America]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/releasegroup/gr3996733957/|title=Coal Miner's Daughter|publisher=[[Box Office Mojo]]|access-date=December 8, 2017}}</ref>

===Critical response===
[[File:SissySpacekHSHWOFAug2011.jpg|thumb|216x216px|[[Sissy Spacek]]'s portrayal of [[Loretta Lynn]] garnered widespread critical acclaim, earning her the [[Academy Award for Best Actress]].]]
On [[review aggregator]] [[Rotten Tomatoes]], ''Coal Miner's Daughter'' holds an approval rating of 84% based on 63 reviews, with an [[weighted arithmetic mean|average rating]] of 7.9/10. The website's critical consensus reads: "Like a classic traditional country song, ''Coal Miner's Daughter'' draws on time-tested formula -- and undeniable talent -- to tell a solidly affecting story."<ref>{{rotten-tomatoes|coal_miners_daughter|Coal Miner's Daughter}}</ref>  On [[Metacritic]], which assigns a rating to reviews, the film has a weighted average score of 87 out of 100, based on 47 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/coal-miners-daughter|title=Coal Miner's Daughter|publisher=[[Metacritic]]|access-date=December 8, 2017}}</ref>

''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' called it "a thoughtful, endearing film charting the life of singer Loretta Lynn from the depths of poverty in rural Kentucky to her eventual rise to the title of 'queen of country music.'"<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://variety.com/1979/film/reviews/coal-miner-s-daughter-1200424762/|title=Coal Miner's Daughter|date=31 December 1979|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|access-date=19 April 2020}}</ref> [[Roger Ebert]] from ''[[The Chicago Times]]'' stated that the film "has been made with great taste and style; it's more intelligent and observant than movie biographies of singing stars used to be."<ref>{{cite news|title=Coal Miner's Daughter|work=RogerEbert.com|date=1 January 1980|url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/coal-miners-daughter-1980|access-date=19 April 2020}}</ref>