Il était une fois James Dean

I have been a fan of Jimmy Dean for over 18 years and I enjoyed this movie and i thought it gave a lot more and better detail than 'Race with Destiny' However, There were a few untruths in the movie, for one, Pier Angeli hated speed, and hated Jimmy driving the way he did, she slowed him down and by no means got in a car with him and helped him steer round a curve doing 50MPH! The movie didn't concentrate on this relationship enough considering it affected his life at the time and thereafter.

Secondly, there was a scene when Winton Dean told Jimmy that he was told by his dying wife Mildred that Jimmy may not be his, and thats why he's so distant. I have seen actual relatives of Dean throw their arms up in the air at disgust at this storyline, and completely deny that it ever happened. I've never read it anywhere and have no idea where they got this from. Maybe it was their interpretation of why Winton was cold, but if it was, its certainly a sensitive issue and they had no right to speculate!

Although i thought James Franco was brilliant (handsome too) and at some points in the movie i actually thought i was staring at Jimmy, Sometimes i thought he was made to look a complete dork. Jimmy did have problems because of the loss of his mother and spent his life trying to find the love he craved and missed out on when his mother died, he found this in Pier Angeli and when she left him, all his insecurities reared their ugly head again.

But all in the same breathe, It was great and i would recommend it to anyone to watch.