| Character building biopics have a formula, which has Made In Hollywood stamped all over them. |
| As so often is the case in musical biopics, the available historical facts are subsumed by the narrative exigencies of the genre. |
| Ross doesn't resort to the dumbing-down tactics favored by Hollywood in biopics. |
| The lives of the great and gifted have always been fair game for movie biopics. |
| In the film's defense, I will say that most biopics stretch facts to maximize dramatic impact. |
| Good biopics struggle to present a truth, if not the truth, about their subjects. |
