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"East of Eden" came out when I was 21 and very impressionable, and from then on I was a James Dean fanatic. So were most of my friends, but we didn't see his other two films until after his death. We identified with the roles he played. Cal Trask, Jim Stark, and Jett Rink were just as mixed up and insecure as we were, and James Dean could play those guys because he was mixed up, too. After we saw "Rebel," all of us wanted red jackets like the one he wore in that movie.

In this new movie, a young actor named James Franco plays James Dean, and he beautifully conveys not only the angst and many of the distinctive mannerisms but also some of James Dean's offbeat humor. I suppose one reason Franco was chosen to play Dean is that he looks like him. Not a lot, but there is a resemblance. He could have done a caricature of Dean, but happily he didn't fall into that trap.

Some of the writing was disappointing. The actress who plays Pier Angeli is beautiful and quite good, but what can you do with lines like "You don't understand" and "My mama won't let me"? Those are not her exact lines, but you get what I'm saying.

Dean's relationship with Jack Warner is well done. Also his relationship, or rather his lack of a relationship, with his father. But I kept wishing they'd show more about the making of the films. How did he relate to Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson, Carol Baker, Sal Mineo, Natalie Wood? And what were the films about? If I didn't already know James Dean's films, I still wouldn't know much about them after seeing this biography. But maybe I would be inspired to check them out.

James Dean is portrayed by James Franco with a remarkable resemblance in physical appearance and great sensitivity. As the events of James Dean's life unfold in the made for cable film, insight is gained into the enigmatic and tragically short life of the brilliant film star. This production takes in many of the well known accomplishments of James Dean's career and includes significant personal events in his life. The interface with James Dean's father, excellently played by Michael Moriarty, is central to this story. The recognition and appreciation by film industry giants contrasts with the father's lack of regard for his son. A moving performance by James Franco who steps into the shoes of James Dean and makes us love him all the more.

James Franco gives a marvelous performance as the ultimate anti-hero James Dean. He not only looks like James Dean, he ACTS like James Dean. Michael Moriarty does a good job as James Dean's distant father. The rest of the cast gives solid performances. And the period recreation is realistic. My only complaint is that is the telemovie is a too short, but then again, so was James Dean's life. 8/10

The movie in itself could have been much better. Many of the facts weren't quite right and I agree that it should have been longer. But I don't look at this movie that way, and so I am able to deeply enjoy this movie. For me, what makes this movie work is the way they portray James Dean. I am yet another James Franco admirer for his incredible job in playing Dean, and I also like the way he was looked upon. Since watching this movie I have found myself deeply interested in the Icon and watching all his movies, and even reading a bio on him. And I have found it interesting that everyone who knew him, and even people that didn't know him, all have different interpretations on who James Dean really was. They all see him in a different way. I really like the way he was seen in this TV movie. The writers could have done a better job with the story but did a GREAT job in creating James Dean as they saw him.

This is a good movie for getting a whole new generation of people watching James Dean. This isn't the best movie for people who want to know more about him. For that, go read a book on him, but try not to get too much of a biased one. This is a good movie for going more inside the personality and mind of James Dean. I think whoever chose which way to go with the interpretation must have really liked James Dean when everything comes down to it, as well as the director Mark Rydell.

Great acting by everyone, especially Franco, Mark Rydell (as Jack Warner), and Rydell's daughter Amy Rydell (as Christine). She seemed incredibly likeable, like someone I would want to be friends with. And that's how it seems she really was.

Mark Rydell's "James Dean" has some good things going for it. It also has some serious flaws because it ventured into areas which were completely speculative and inaccurate. Going for this TNT movie is the performance of young James Franco as James Dean. Franco's performance was more imitation than interpretation, but Franco had Dean's mannerisms and motions down pat. Michael Moriarity as Winton Dean and Sam Gould as Martin Landau also gave strong performances. The film captured the pathos of Dean's early life due to the death of his mother and rejection by his father-- emotional blows from which Dean never fully recovered. The "bad" and downright "ugly" about this production are the many glaring inaccuracies about Dean's life. Any serious Dean researcher could rip this production to shreds on that basis. (But I won't!) I'll even resist the temptation to write a laundry list of inaccuracies because I don't want to spoil this movie for anyone. (If you want to know, email me.)

I agree with others comments that this should have been a two part (or more) miniseries. With the plethora of commercials, the length couldn't have been more than 90 minutes of actual footage. Many interesting and important parts of Dean's life were given short shrift by this production. However, if this TV movie can ignite interest in Dean among people who have no idea about him, then it has served its purpose. I do hope that people will not take this Hollywood production at face value. Dean's real life was far more interesting than this production showed and he was a far more complex , talented, and tormented individual than he was depicted in this movie. I hope that this movie will serve as a springboard for others to discover through reading, viewing Dean's movies, and researching, the life of this fascinating American Icon.

For any of us true James Dean fans obvious it was great to see the story of our icon. When watching this T.V. event it was just as easy to see the things that actually happened compared to the stuff TNT obviously made up.

THE FLAWS- a true James Dean historian as myself would know that the end meeting between Jim and his father never did happen. Another major part the movie never touched upon was his childhood life (9-18) with his aunt and uncle. The major part of James life they never touched upon was his bisexuality. The movie only slightly addresses the point indirectly. In real life he obviously going both ways were he was with both men and omen( even his first sexual experience was with a man, when he was a child in Indiana (which was also his priest)). THE GOODS- despite the flaws the movie also had parts that were true to life. The one seen when he was making Eden and he was working with Raymond Massey were he was told to kiss him was true. All the cars used in the movie were also true, along with the motorcycles he drove.

Wonderful. James Franco brilliantly channels James Dean in what is easily one of the best made-for-television movies ever made. Franco delivers a knockout performance in his portrayal of one of the most celebrated teen idols of all time.

The movie opens with Dean filming a scene from East of Eden, adding his own personal twist to the shot. A focused relationship of this film is the one between Dean and his father. After Dean's mother dies when Dean is only 9 years old, he is sent to live with his aunt and uncle. His father seems to be embarassed by him, and will not invite him into his home. Eventually, Dean's father will not see him at all.

Overall, I was pleasantly surprised with this movie, and hope that from beyond the grave, Dean is watching, and smiling. Franco's next big role is that of Peter Parker's best friend Harry Osborn in the big-budget superhero flick Spider-Man, and I for one cannot wait.

James Franco did a completely spectacular job in James Dean and with the performance he gave he has really set the bar for all actors everywhere, from the past and for years to come. I have a lot a trouble believing anyone will ever be able to beat that performance and he really made me open my eyes to him. In my opinion he is the greatest actor the world has ever seen and I have a feeling no one will ever be able to change that. Not only did he become my favourite actor after seeing the movie but at the same time I've become jealous that someone could have so much talent. Keep up the good work Jimmy, many people are excepting great things from you now. Three words - "James is King."

I watched this film with the idea I was going to hate it as I have all other attempts to recreate the life of James Dean, especially the one starring Casper Van Dien, which was deplorable. But the new TNT won me over more times than it missed. Without being aware, I discovered an occasional tear running down my cheek. James Franco did as well as anyone could to play James Dean. The times when he lost me were when Mark Rydell had him smile, full view with a horrible set of teeth. I realize this is picky, but if something is noticeable to break your concentration, then it is wrong. I wish Ted Turner had made this a two-nighter. There were scenes that could be expanded, especially with Lee Strasberg and Elia Kazan. I would've like to've seen more off-camera interaction between James and Julie Harris...and later on, when he became friends with Elizabeth Taylor and an enemy of Rock Hudson, two people that played predominant roles in the final days of James' life. Mark Rydell, who also directed, was marvelous a dead-ringer for Jack Warner. All and all I'd have to give it 2 1/2 stars out of four. It skimmed James's biography and could have had more depth, rather than playing on a sordid father-son relationship based on speculation. But thank God, Mark Rydell didn't spend to whole two hours exploiting James' relationship with Pier Angeli as the Van Dien version did, just to reinforce James Dean's preference for heterosexuality. I would love for Ted Turner to put out a three or four hour version of this same movie on DVD...I bet a lot of good scenes are lying on the editor's floor. All and all...pretty good show! (but could have been great without having to trim the movie for commercials).

The James Dean movie might have been done much better had it been a feature film rather than one susceptible to the limitations of a made for TV movie. That is, where the filmmakers have to be wary of time and probably, content constraints. What we have as a final product, despite a nice performance by James Franco as the legendary James Dean, is little more than celebration of the man as a mythical pop culture icon. Even the more "authentic" emotional moments such as the rocky relationship between the young actor and his estranged father are so tightly bound in overt dramatizations rather than something more lifelike. Everything about James Dean, as portrayed here, seems less like insight into his background and his rise from a poor, Indiana teen to iconic actor who's life was cut short mid-success, and more like James Dean as a piece of staged dramas only adding more to creating a mythical creature and less to explaining a real person.

Consider, for example, if you were a viewer who had known little about James Dean. Perhaps you had watched a few movies or, like Elvis, had always noticed him as the "understood" representation of juvenile disillusionment and delinquency (more the latter than the former, since our culture celebrates rebellion more so than simple dissatisfaction). But after having watched this film, what do you really learn about James Dean? I think the other dilemma of making a film about James Dean is that he was so young and still in the process of rising to fame when he died, that there doesn't seem to be many significant points of his life that can be stretched into an hour and a half film. Here, we do get a little, but not really much to play around with. Other than seeing bits about the girl at the studio he meets and becomes friendly with, the Italian actress he lives with for a while, befriending Martin Landau, and the relationship with his father, there really isn't much to go on. Not knowing much about James Dean, I don't know if there was much in his young life that could merit filling the time for a movie. It may be that those who were closest to him that could really give the trivia about his background have passed on. It seems that, if he was as distant as they claim him to be, maybe it was hard to get the story behind the man even by those who knew him in real life. But perhaps this is the reason why the subplot with his father seems so entirely forced.

Unfortunately, there is a lot of style, but very little substance. And it may not have entirely been the fault of the filmmakers.

Unlike most everyone else who commented here, i saw this film because I am a major (and a bit obsessed) James Dean fan, not a James Franco fan. I was expecting a brilliant, insightful film about the person behind the persona of james dean. instead, i saw a chaotic film that hinted instead of revealed, an actor who imitated instead of captured. I thought James Frnaco might have passing resemblence (above the mouth) to Dean. But instead of trying to recreate the energy, the essence that Dean projects, he merely imitates and mimics his movements. Many turningpoints and poignant moments of Dean's life are entirely skipped (his watching Pier Angeli's wedding, the night he found out she was pregnant, his friendship with natalie wood and liz taylor) and many things are slightly hinted at instead of cleared up. for example, his encounter with roger bracketts (sp?) is probably a minute long, and confuses the viewer, never revealing that in fact, james dean was bisexual. his relationship with christine white also never seems to have a reason for ending, and seems much more prominent than the one with Pier, in the film. I thought this film had no focus; it was bad not particularly due to bad acting, or directing, but the lack of purpose. Is it supposed to be a study of his legend? Or an insightful look into his personal life?Was it supposed to explain the things he did, or merely let us know what they were?

What really p***ed me off was that this could have been a brilliant insightful study of the personal life and/or the legend of a pop culture star. Too bad.

Grade: C

This film biography of 1950's Hollywood legend James Dean highlights his public life and the estranged relationship that he had with his father. Other aspects of his private life are merely hinted at, probably because to cover them honestly and forthrightly might have alienated some TV viewers. And so, the cinematic result here is shallow and superficial.

The film stars James Franco, as Dean. Most viewers adore Franco's performance. Certainly, he has Dean's mannerisms down pat. Franco does a good imitation of Dean. But Franco's acting is a little too affecting, a little too shallow, to be persuasive, in my opinion. In addition, Franco seems too young and innocent, compared to the real James Dean, a person who looked older than his years, and more sophisticated.

Actually, it is the secondary performances that lift the film's overall acting quality. Edward Herrmann, Mark Rydell, and especially Michael Moriarty are terrific in their roles. Other secondary performances are also quite good.

Despite a superficial, and sanitized, script, and despite Franco's mannered performance, the film is mildly entertaining, thanks to great production design, realistic costumes, excellent film editing, and the acting in secondary roles. The photographic stills of Hollywood and Manhattan, when combined with the jazzy background music, add authenticity to the story's settings, and therefore depth and texture to the film.

For viewers who know little or nothing about the real James Dean, this superficial flick is worth watching, with the proviso that the film touches only on the most obvious aspects of Dean's life. A lot is left out. A longer, more in-depth, script would have perhaps yielded a more realistic, and therefore satisfying, film.

This movie is about the relatively short life of James Dean. We are given his background, his rise to fame, and eventually his inopportune death at the peak of his career. At the end of the movie, we are told that most of the story is based on fact, but the gaps were educated guesses. Unfortunately this got me wondering which parts were guesses.

But no matter. The story of James Dean is interesting but he is not of my generation. The movie doesn't maintain my attention because I want to know more about Dean's life, but instead it is because I am drawn to its lead James Franco. Franco not only looks like Dean, in the movie he exudes a charisma that could possibly parallel Dean's. The movie and all of its characters revolve around Franco's excellent portrayal of the tortured actor. It is through his acting that those of us who have never seen a James Dean movie are drawn into his life. We are sympathetic with Dean's relationship with his cold and distant father; we are annoyed by Jack Warner's attempts to control this wild child; and most importantly, we feel an ache when we watch the world lose the Rebel Without a Cause.

Up to now, Franco's two biggest claims to fame were this unfortunately little-seen TV movie, and his role as the Green Goblin's bitter son in the recent hit movie Spider-Man, which had him spouting cheesy lines like "I swear to my father's grave Spider-Man is going to pay." However, his next role has him as third lead against Academy Award-winners Robert De Niro and Frances McDormand. Coincidentally, James Franco is now about the same age Dean was when his career skyrocketed. Let's hope this rising star's career isn't as short-lived.

My rating: 10/10

I came upon this movie on television by pure accident but, i had remembered hearing of it. So i tuned in watching James Franco portray James Dean with an uncanny accuracy and it taught me a lot about his life and his struggle with family issues. Although he had a short 3 movie career he was praised in all 3 films (East of Eden, Rebel Without a Cause and Giant). He was an incredible actor and surely would've made many more powerful movies if he hadn't passed away.



James Byron Dean was surely one of the greatest actors of his time and although sometimes "difficult" on the set he still could act wonderfully. This movie follows his life as a boy and when his mother dies of sickness he goes to Indiana with his grandmother. James Dean had a father who didn't really appreciate him, he wouldn't even hug him back. But the worst part Mr. Dean didn't even show up to the funeral of the mother, in fact he never came. James lives with is aunt and uncle and likes to do things like ride his motorcycle and play basketball. Now after his high school education is over he is gone to his old home in California to go to a business community college. He now meets his father again, his father and new wife say they will let him stay at their house until he gets back on his feet. When James decides to study acting instead they will have no part of it and he isn't welcome any more. Then it follows his days at acting school and in New York as a struggling actor. It also follows him on the sets of his movies. His love for motorcycles and fast cars finally kills him and right after he has a emotional moment with his father and they now understand each other. His life was too short.

Please I urge you to go see this movie on TNT you will be moved.

I LOVE James Dean even though I was born 15 years after his death. I think he was a wonderful actor, an amazing person and someone who would have gone on to do great things. I've read his biographies, I've watched the movies he was in and I've found out from interviews what he was seemingly like in "real life". But I was so disappointed in this movie and I feel he deserved to have a better movie made about him. This movie didn't tell us anything we didn't already know and they didn't go into details ... the kind of details that we'd have wanted to know about. People in his life who were a pivotal part of his life were just omitted from this movie and it was just like this ... they took a wonderful man's life and shortened it in an hour and a half. James Dean's life was worth more than an hour and a half. And the guy who played him didn't look enough like James Dean. It made watching him very difficult because it was hard to believe. At one point, he looked like someone off of revenge of the nerds. The guy was also too tall to play James Dean. There was one scene where everyone was standing together in a bar, and he was the same height as everyone else. James Dean was short ... like 5'8 or 5'9. All those guys could not have been 5'8 or 5'9. I was just really disappointed and I wish that they could make a movie that was more 'real' to his life.

This is Movie History 101 for serious film fans. Those meeting James Dean for the first time will (or should) immediately acquire all three of his films and devour them post haste. There are going to be, among the older crowd, some (maybe many) who will say that James Franco didn't really look a lot like James Dean, and that he wasn't able to bring the magic of James Dean to the screen. Well, "Duh-uh." If they can make a man or woman look more like an ape than an ape does, they could have recreated a rubber-masked James Franco who would have been a dead ringer. But would that be Art? As to the wizardry of James Dean, that miracle is unlikely to happen again in the lifetime of any of this movie's viewers. Taken for what it is, this flick is first-rate entertainment, presenting an insider's view of some of Hollywood's finest:Louella Parsons, Jack Warner, Martin Landau (as a very young and struggling actor in New York.) Evaluated as it should be (as a TV film among TV films) I give this one an 8+ on a scale of 10.

I have been waiting for probablly two years now for this movie to come out, because I am a huge James Dean fan, I have read many biographies on him, and done much research, and what TNT produced should be looked at more as a Tale, rather then a biogrpahy. The sides of James Dean shown in this movie were off, and more what the public believed rather then the actual man, and Legend. I will admit that this is much better the the Casper Van Dien failure Live Fast, Die Young. but this was way to condensed to show the many sides of James Dean. To correctly do this, it would need to be a two or three part miniseries, rather then condensing his life into two hours of commercial filled garbage. We see the young scared James, grow into the powerfully intelligent man that played Jim Stark in Rebel; but where are the parts about the fear of Jim, and the shyness while in Giant, and East of Eden. They really turned him into much more of a jerk then he was in real life, and this I feel has tainted his image. They origionally called this movie James Dean: An invented Life, the James Dean that TNT showed was invented, based loosly on an American Icon. They totally turned this man's life into yet another marketing scheme, and left myself, as well as many other James Dean fans utterly disappointed. The 2 saving graces in this movie were James Franco,Playing James Dean himself...The kid's got the charm to play James Dean to a tee, but it is hidden under all of The gunk, and Sam Gould, Playing a young Martin Landau to a tee. Otherwise, I would like to thank TNT for keeping me in suspense for two years for nothing

There was nothing I didn't already know about James Dean in this movie. The director, Mark Rydell, just transposed David Dalton's "The Mutant King" or Donald Spoto's "Rebel" right onto the screen. The only part of the movie that impressed me was James Franco,, who did a great job playing Dean. I just expected more from this TNT movie. Also, like other reviews, the movie isn't 100 percent accurate, and sadly, we'll never know the entire truth. James Franco, the actress that played Pier Angeli ,and the actor that portrayed Elia Kazan helped bring this movie more to life. Decent effort, but the authors of James Dean biographies who actually did interviews and research,deserve most of the credit. 6 out of 10.

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.

After James Franco won the Golden Globe I figured I should see this movie. I've always liked James Dean. I use to have this poster of him in my room walking down a rainy street in New York dressed in a black cashmere overcoat and smoking a cigarette. For some reason I've always been fascinated by tragic actors like Dean, Montgomery Clift and later on, River Phoenix. I was young and totally naïve. Having these guys as an inspiration unfortunately led to self-imposed loathing and destructiveness. I felt that their intense and effective performances came from the inner torment they seemed to be burdened with and I tried to emulate them and their methods in my own acting. In reflection, I still think their suffering did make them deeper actors but it's a price far too great to pay.

`James Dean' is an entirely superficial dress up party, a horrible excuse for a biography. The film chooses to imitate Deanesque mannerisms and play through episodic anecdotes rather than try to closely examine even a small part of Dean's life. However, I must admit I had fun watching it and James Franco really did look a lot like Dean most of the time. The film tries to explain, albeit poorly, Dean's tortured soul through the troubled relationship with his father. One thing really delighted me. The movie opens with the filming of that great scene in East of Eden, the birthday party for Adam, where Cal is totally devastated by his father's insolent rejection of him. In fact, I liked all the scenes in the movie involving Elia Kazan.

The great movie stars usually possess a beautiful exterior, incisiveness and an inner sadness. We rarely have actors of this magnitude. Why else would there be countless attempts to recreate the lives of such individuals like James Dean? Perhaps we're trying to recapture a more romantic time in history from which they came and through that examine why these men were such anachronisms. There have been plans to do a film about Clift since the seventies. At one time director Norman Jewison had the rights to the Patricia Bosworth bio and current rumors are Wes Bentley was to portray him but things have been put `on hold'. I'd say Tom Cruise is the only guy to play Monty.

Been studying Dean lately and this Is a great movie

I love watching biopic films and have seen my share of films based on legendary icons and figures like Marilyn Monroe, Audrey Hepburn, Elvis, and now James Dean.

Biopic films in general are difficult to create because there has to be an interesting story, a good supporting cast, and most importantly a talented actor or actress who can carry such weight on his or her shoulders. This actor or actress who has decided to take this role has to recreate such magic, emotions, and wonderment which can connect with the audience. But this is never an easy task because these original icons were in their own class and had such style, pose, charm, and intrigue.

I have studied Dean rather closely by watching his films, documentaries, and reading books about him. I feel he possessed certain qualities which made him truly one of a kind and unique. He had charisma, a gentle vulnerability, charming innocence, and a sweet shyness. His eyes were full of passion and he was known for showing raw emotions in whatever role he took on. He could just captivate you with his intense stare or darling smile. He had a remarkable screen presence like no one else.

When I saw this "James Dean" film, I felt like James Franco was going through the motions. He got into his role and you could tell he was really trying to be like Dean. He gave a good effort and I applaud him for that because I know Dean is not an easy role to fulfill. I agree with what another reviewer mentioned about how he got his mannerisms down.

But there just was something missing. Dean had a natural ability to make his characters come to life and be real. I didn't see that in Franco. I felt the charisma, gentle vulnerability, and charming innocence wasn't there. These were all things that were just part of Dean's nature and I think it would be hard for anyone to portray him exactly as he was. That's why I think the only person who can play Dean effectively is Dean himself.

The movie has a straightforward plot which begins from Dean's childhood up until his final days. His childhood on the farm with his aunt and uncle and his school days are completely skipped over. It would have been nice to see more of his childhood memories and upbringing. His high school days would have been nice to watch like where he participated in basketball, baseball, public speaking, and drama classes. I think adding these parts would have added something special to Dean's character and the audience would have had a better understanding of where he was coming from. Perhaps this would have shed more light on why he turned out the way he did as an adult.

There were minor details which bothered me like Franco's height is 5'11" and Dean was 5'8." Dean was actually considered short for being an actor. I found it odd that Franco was taller than the person he was trying to portray in the film. Also the actress who played Pier Angeli looked nothing like the real Pier Angeli. The same goes for the actors who played the director Nicholas Ray and the mechanic Rolf at the end of the film. I think if you are making a film about someone's life then it's important to have a cast which resemble the actual people as much as possible. However, this film does have a good supporting cast.

The movie states at the end, "Most of the film was based on fact but some are an educated guess." Somethings I know are true but some may be speculation. An example is when Dean and Pier Angeli are at the beach house. They get into an argument and he slaps her. I don't recall ever reading anything about Dean being abusive towards women so that may have been made up for a drama effect. Also I don't think Dean and his father really made up in the end because their relationship was beyond repair. That too was added for a drama effect.

Dean really wanted approval from his father regarding his acting career but I don't think he ever got that from him. I think the angst and frustration which is often seen with Dean's acting stems from both his mother's sudden loss at age 9 and his unresolved strained relationship with his father. I have noticed this with other stars as well. Their parent didn't approve of them or their dreams so they grew up with a huge void in their heart and all they ever wanted was just to be loved and accepted.

If you are a James Dean fan then I recommend watching this film. But don't take everything that happens to heart because as with all biopic films, no one really knows what happened unless they were there. This is definitely one of the better films based on Dean's life out there and is worth seeing.

I'm a great fan of James Dean and I really have very high expectations about every documentary/movie that is about his life.This movie really impressed me !The directing work was great, the plot, the cinematography and last but not least - James Franco. This guy truly amazed me, i've always liked him but in my opinion this is his best role.He made an absolutely outstanding performance.And as far as we know about the life and personality of James Dean , Franco portrayed his character very convincingly.If you've watched Dean films you'll know that he was a man with an incomparable charisma and Franco gave me the same feeling with his performance.

The film is a absolute must-see if you are into James Dean life ,or biography movies at all.From my point of view , the movie is a real masterpiece and it deserves all the approval from both the critics and the audience.

a film about James Dean who represents a great job. or one of the most significant roles for James Franco. because the portrait of a strange legend of Hollywood is realistic, precise, touching and seductive. because, in few scenes, it becomes a trip in past. because it is one from many TV biographic movies but without the ordinaries ambitions and tricks. a film about a fight who defines self definition, it is one of films who not propose an idea but a support for understand a life who, in many occasions, represents only the ash of legend. James Dean by Franco is alive and vulnerable in the form who defines his characters in better manner. the seed of conflict between father and son is a good point for be one of solutions for an enigma. the sentimental life is represented in inspired manner. a beautiful film who use the physical resemblance as ingredient of a great story.

This is an okay made for TV movie that is worth catching because of James Franco's absolutely amazing performance. He simply becomes James Dean, completely embodying the film icon; the swagger, the sneer, the cigarette, the angst, the weirdness.

As a biography this focuses heavily on the difficult relationship Dean had with his absentee father, while also giving us glimpses of his years as a starving actor, sudden rise to fame and short movie career (three starring roles in two years.) There's also plenty of shots of "Little Bastard," the car he was driving when he crashed at the age of 24.

Franco's portrayal didn't particularly make me like James Dean, he comes across like a bit of a dick, definitely troubled and strange but I think its probably accurate. The costumes and period trappings are well done and James Franco is awesome. 5/18/14