At first I wasn’t exactly sure why it took four screenwriters to nail down the inspiring story of Jim Ellis, who started an inner city swimming program in the early 1970’s. Based on a true story, a sports theme, and in general, a formula picture. After some checking, sure enough, one of major criticisms of this film is that, well, quoted from Ellis himself, “Some of the liberties is the way that they portrayed it (the swimming program’s start)”. In other words, the main conflicts and/or story points in the film never took place. Now that explains a lot. Let me explain this, however: so what? (more…)
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