Did It Really Happen This Way?

Rating: 6/10 (31 July 2010)

This is a decent story about decent people. What it lacks is a sense that all this happened. When one has a recent biographical film, we wonder how much is created to move the story along. Take a fun football film like "Remember the Titans." It is based in the fact of busing and segregation. Did it really happen that way? Did those guys really bond that way. Or did they pretty much accept the fact that football requires them to put up or shut up. It's still a great story, as is this one. The real story is the fact that a wealthy white woman who actually exists brought Michael Oher into her home. All the details surrounding this may have been brushed over a bit. I feel it's missing a down and dirty part. Even the confrontations in the neighborhood a bit sanitized. It's a good human story; I just have a sneaking suspicion that some liberties were taken.