to me and most tv movie seem like they be make by the same production company and with all the element shove into a big blender and the result pour into various standard mold . they may look a little different and but the taste be usually bland and generic . over the past couple of year and several tv flick with a rock and roll theme have be especially disappointing . happily and the linda mccartney story be not one of them . this movie about a well know contemporary love story manages to be effective and move without be overly sentimental and cloying . elizabeth mitchell do a decent job in the title role . she not a double for the real linda and but that ok and and she always believable . gary bakewell and on the other hand and do look a lot like paul mccartney ( he play him in the excellent movie backbeat ) and he do a thoroughly convincing job . most of the real life character portray here resemble their counterpart and but the thrust of the movie be on the story rather than slavishly recreate the look of any particular time period . the movie wisely concentrate on the couple relationship and doesn not spend a lot of time try to duplicate the music of the beatles and wing . it great success may be it pacing and a it be able to crowd thirty year of story into a little over and hour and a half and give attention to most of the important event in paul and linda life without make the film fell too rush . all in all this be a good movie for fan of the mccartney and one that more casual observer might be interested in . one other note represent allen klein and the beatles ex business manager and must still cast a mighty fearsome shadow . he never depict on camera in this film and be refer to a bruce grossman .