I went in and out of feeling something for this movie as I watched it. It reminded me very much of a sensational movie from the 30s or something... it could have been a lot crueler and had more impact as a serious film but instead opts for unbelievable sentimentality, which works in its own fashion - quaint - and if it's based on a true story it's a very sort of "movie/TV" true story complete with epilogue to let us know that one of the subsidiary characters who well might have did indeed come to a bad end. was disappointed not to be able to find pictures of the young stars today even though they be workin' cause they'd be about 24 now and smokin hot!