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Title: Historically Inaccurate
Review: The terrible irony of this movie is that it presents and challenges a "victors write the history books" view of the bigots investigating the WPA and then perpetuates that same view in the way it callously messes around with one of the most dramatic events in theatre history and one of the greatest stories. What is the end result? They take a true moment of triumph and fabricate it into a manufactured climax, they take 21 year old Orson Welles and turn him into a 35 year old drunkard with John Houseman as his straight-man. Yes, there are some very touching moments in the movie and Bill Murray is great but it would have worked better if it had just been the truth.
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