unlike most everyone else who comment here and i saw this film because i be a major ( and a bit obsessed ) james dean fan and not a james franco fan . i be expect a brilliant and insightful film about the person behind the persona of james dean . instead and i saw a chaotic film that hint instead of reveal and an actor who imitate instead of capture . i think james frnaco might have pass resemblence ( above the mouth ) to dean . but instead of try to recreate the energy and the essence that dean project and he merely imitate and mimic his movement . many turningpoints and poignant moment of dean life be entirely skip ( his watch pier angeli wedding and the night he find out she be pregnant and his friendship with natalie wood and liz taylor ) and many thing be slightly hint at instead of clear up . for example and his encounter with roger bracketts ( sp . ) be probably a minute long and and confuse the viewer and never reveal that in fact and james dean be bisexual . his relationship with christine white also never seem to have a reason for end and and seem much more prominent than the one with pier and in the film . i think this film have no focus while it be bad not particularly due to bad acting and or directing and but the lack of purpose . be it suppose to be a study of his legend . or an insightful look into his personal life . be it suppose to explain the thing he do and or merely let u know what they be . what really ped me off be that this could have be a brilliant insightful study of the personal life and or or the legend of a pop culture star . too bad . grade represent c .