True-to-life stories can be a bit of a mixed bag. Let’s be frank: many are downright depressing. On some occasions, the resulting screen adaptation can be a bit too true, miring down the story in more factual details than were absolutely necessary. Other times, they tend to obviously take some artistic license with the manner in which reality truly unfolded, and audiences are told this is sometimes necessary in order to make the story truly ‘cinematic.’& … more