Sanitized plot and dreadful acting

Rating: 1/10 (11 March 2002)

I am afraid to say that this is yet another example of Hollywood creating their own sanitized version of someone's life. What purports to be a biography is not - all the parts which may upset an American audience have been left out. Couple this with a wonderful example of incredibly bad acting from Crowe (I liked him in Gladiator and LA Confidential) and I am amazed that this got any Oscar nominations at all. If this film wins it will be a complete travesty.