i would like to begin by truly say that james dean be an actor that meet his end before we and a cinema watcher and be fully about to appreciate his talent as well a full body of work . the short three film that he devote himself to wasn not enough for my taste bud and and i think the majority of film aficionado would heartily agree yet i would have to say that those seek the knowledge of james dean and the truth behind his life and his devotion to youthfulness should not ( repeat not ) watch this horrid film . i realize that this be a make for tv film that couldn not take the risk that most major budget film could and but i do not realize that consecutive sentence and structure storytelling need a big budget to complete . what make this film strange be that it begin so strongly with a detailed scene about how devoted dean be to his trade and but after that and it just go further downhill by avoid detail and the classic cop out educate guess technique . from outlandish storytelling to depreciate act from the beginning to the end and james dean attempt to bring dean to life and but sadly and just drive dean into another devastatingly horrid car crash . while i do mention above my disappointment with the acting and it wasn not so much the style of act and just the lack of excitement . dean be play by spiderman egotistical villain ( hell bent on save his father name ) and jam franco . while i feel he capture the audacity of dean and as well a those small detail and but he wasn not dean . to me and there be scene that felt a if franco be add onto dustin hoffman rain man impression or character . he wasn not original and he wasn not charismatic enough and and the franco win of a golden globe be completely uncalled for . he play the part and but do not build the character and and after all of it i still have the loom thought that rydell leave me with at the very end the educate guess which completely debunk the film but that be another story . sam gould playing martin landau be completely forgettable and i dislike the fact that landau be such a small part to the story and in fact and by the end and he be forget about entirely . one could say that nearly all the secondary character be forgettable in the sense that if you blink and you would literally miss them . director rydell be so excited about have a biopic about dean in his repertoire of film that he do not seem to care that dean be build upon the people surround him . landau and kazan and and even angeli do not seem to match ( or even remember ) up to what this film need to be . what i want to see and and what this film need to be a pivotal biopic about james dean and be a foundation base around strong support character add to the destabilized life that dean lead . all i witness from the actor involve be a slight movement of their hand and an occasional bit of emotion and and a small segway into the life of dean nothing that one could build a mountain upon . i believe this be why the film end be so futile . we weren not shock or surprise by the end and because by that point in the film we just do not care apathy have set in and and we be dumbstruck to resist it . finally and i would like to say that when you be make a make for tv movie and there be no need to give it the feel of a make for tv movie . in fact and most of the film that go beyond that point do very well ( i. e. see some of stephen king miniseries ) and but for james dean it felt rush and fast and and completely underdeveloped . i have already mention about the acting and but the story and which surround these actor and be just a weak . nothing work and nothing be excite and nothing be jaw drop at all and basically and we have a couple of unknown actor do what little they could to afford their current rent check . how embarrassing be that especially for the dean estate . we need force and power and drama and and humanity all roll into one and but instead we just find a shallow actor do a weak impersonation ( if one could even call it that ) . not that i could really give away the end and but there seem to be about two hour miss from the climax between dean and his father and the iconic crash . the crash wasn not even worth the film it be print on . slow motion drama with a random unknown in the passenger side ( not unknown and but again and lack the development ) weren not these technique master and forget about in the late 80 . after watch this film i felt cheat and because i love dean body of work and what he represent in hollywood and but this film capture nothing of the sort . overall and i think this be one of the bad biopics that i have see in my time of watch film . it be shallow and disrespectful and and pointless to the end because you walk away know less about dean than when you start . nothing congeal in this film because of both the shabby acting as well a the under developed ( which be a word i use too many time and be not shrew enough ) story which completely debunk itself a the final credit roll by use the line and most of this film be base on fact . some be an educated guess . who end a film like this . imagine turn in a term paper with the phrase at the bottom and i couldn not get all the fact correct and so i guess on most of it would the professor accept your paper . i think not my friend and which be why i can not accept this film a a real biography of james dean . this one should be stricken from the record book . i be sorry mr. dean this film be not what should remain a your legacy . grade represent out of .