[js1138]

It could very well be Katie's story. I haven't read the source fiction. I was only defending the people who made the movie.

I understand the need for movies to compress stories and use composite characters to make the storytelling work in 90 minutes.

What I don't understand is changing key facts that are at the heart of the story.

Some reasonably good adaptations I have seen are "Seabiscuit" and "October Sky". Both of these keep pretty true to their source while squeezing some of the characters and plot points.

[Borges]

Well this film didn't claim to be based on a true story. Again if the original fiction was it was news to everyone else.