I was excited when I first saw that this was based on Cary Grant and assumed it, as many of the early stars stories, would be interesting. That said, the only thing this did do was to peak my interest in his ACTUAL life, as this movie IS NOT that. I can't possibly imagine how a scriptwriter could take a story, already interesting and pre-written, and absolutely ruin it by simply changes all the FACTS of the story, then have the gall to put a foreword on the movie saying "This is a true story" and "It has been carefully researched", when nothing could be further from the truth. They changed when(before he was even born) his brother died, why his father committed his mother, when(by 30 years) he found out his mother was alive instead of dead like his father told him, left his 12 yr male roommate out altogether, and the details of his death changed completely(he was rehearsing his show, not in middle of a performance). They even got the wrong movie as his last film as Father Goose(1964), which he says in this movie he was away for 3 months filming AFTER his daughter was born, when in actuality, Father Goose was released 14 months prior to his daughter's birth, so even before she was conceived. His last film was released in 1966, the year his daughter was born, Feb 1966, so it's doubtful he was ever away filming after she was born. So I have no idea why they even wrote that into this movie.
All of these EASY to research FACTUAL errors make anything in the rest of the movie doubtful and makes the entire film a work of fiction.
Had this been a fictional story, I'd have given it a 6 or 7, but I love historical dramas and believe that, with minor exceptions of minor parts, they should be retold as accurately as possible, otherwise it's like a teacher purposely teaching millions into the future the wrong history. Movies like this are half the reason why the average person is completely ignorant of world history, which, in my opinion, is partly why history keeps repeating the bad parts.
All of these EASY to research FACTUAL errors make anything in the rest of the movie doubtful and makes the entire film a work of fiction.
Had this been a fictional story, I'd have given it a 6 or 7, but I love historical dramas and believe that, with minor exceptions of minor parts, they should be retold as accurately as possible, otherwise it's like a teacher purposely teaching millions into the future the wrong history. Movies like this are half the reason why the average person is completely ignorant of world history, which, in my opinion, is partly why history keeps repeating the bad parts.