The David Cassidy Story

Why is it that it seems no one in Hollywood can make a TV movie that is historically accurate? Forget the performances and technical aspects. I enjoyed this film but why don't today's TV filmmakers do any historical research? When David is giving his famous Rolling Stone interview, which took place while the Partridge Family was still on the air, the song 'Hot Blooded' by Foreigner is on the radio. The last episode of the Partridge Family aired in August of 1974 but 'Hot Blooded' didn't come out till 1978!

After David learns of his father's death, which occurred in 1976, the next scene shows David in a bar having a drink. The sub-title reads 'One Year Later' as David watches Oliver North testifying at the Iran Contra hearings on TV. This didn't take place until 1987! That's eleven years later guys! It seems there are TV Movie makers that either need to study their history or learn to add better. A good picture but don't write your history reports based on it.

I happen to catch this today on VH1 Classic - channel surfing pays off sometimes! I really liked getting the insight into David Cassidy. And boy did they do some great casting in getting Andy to play David - he was great, looked so similar it was eerie, sounded great and - as others have stated - you can tell he spent time with or studied David and had his mannerisms down.

I gotta say this movie broke my heart - his relationship with his Dad, his reaction to that poor girl's death in London! I think some performers would have been more like "hey, wasn't my fault..." but it really rocked him. When he dealt with the scenes with Jack in Vegas and then when Jack died... he gave a great performance.

I LOVED that they had David come out at the end and he and Andy performed together!

I relived good memories of David Cassidy and the Partridge Family. I also learned a lot about him that I never knew. Andrew did a great job. I really loved seeing David and Andrew together at the last of the movie.

You can tell that David had his hand in this and spent some time on it.

I liked the "real" take on things (relationship with father, the concerts, all the chicks, drugs, etc) instead of the other bubble gum versions.

Everyone seemed to get their characters down well. Andy did a great job of mimicking David's gestures, speech patterns, the sighing, etc. He had to have spent time with Cassidy getting all of that down.

This is a good version of behind-the-scenes Partridge/Cassidy. All in all, I've got a better impression of Cassidy...he has lived through what very few people ever get to go through. It must have been surreal to live through that.

I really enjoyed watching this movie. It took me back and brought back very happy memories for me. I'm glad to see David got himself back on track.

Andy did an excellent job and I actually felt like I was watching David on screen. It was great to see him at the end of the movie singing.

I look forward to following both careers of David and Andy.