A Beautiful Skewed History

Rating: 3/10 (26 January 2002)

It's hard to watch a film on real history when that history is skewed. Therefore, since this movie refuses to acknowledge important facts, it falls way short of anything worthwhile. Granted, a book is a book, a screenplay is a screenplay and a movie is a movie, and in the face of fiction, liberties may be taken, but when they altered in light of fact, then the whole work is subsequently meaningless. By no means should this film earn any praises come Oscar night - especially for Best Screenplay when it's far from it.