Goofs

Timeline/Chronology error regarding Hank Cochran and Jeannie Seely's marriage.

The scene where Dottie, Patsy Cline and Jeannie Seely are sitting around the kitchen table could not have happened for 2 reasons, Jeannie Seely did not move to Nashville until 1965 2 years after Patsy Cline was killed in a plane crash, Jeannie has been quoted that while she was married to Hank Cochran she was always asking questions about Patsy since he had known her and wrote several songs that had been recorded by her from 1960 to 1963 for Decca Records.

In the film, it is stated that West "Pulled the driver from the wreckage herself, insisting that he needed more help than she did." In reality, West's side of the car landed against the exit guardrail, so the paramedics had no choice but to remove the driver with a broken leg to allow her to exit. Also, West did not believe she was injured to necessitate hospital evaluation, walking around the scene and insisting that she continue on to the Opry as stated by those at the scene in newspapers at the time. It wasn't until she was evaluated that the severity of her internal injuries was realized, resulting in multiple surgeries on a ruptured spleen and already weakened lacerated liver that ended her life after large amounts of blood loss.

The movie depicts Dottie discovering close to 1990 that she is bankrupt. In reality, her accountant, doctor and several other artists all experienced bankruptcy at the hands of investments that her accountant mismanaged. Dottie chose to pay her debt back over the course of 10 years instead, but never did.

Dottie receives a telegram notifying her of her father's death in approximately 1980. Both of Dottie's parents died prior to 1970.

In the film, Dottie's mother passes away before she receives her Grammy for "Here Comes My Baby" and her father dies on the heels of her success with Kenny Rogers in the late 1970's. In reality, Dottie's father died in 1967 after killing a man in prison and her mother died after in 1970. So her mother did live to see her success.

In the film, Dottie takes Shelly and Byron to see her new "mansion on the hill" although Dottie purchased the home after their divorce.

Dottie's first husband Bill West was portrayed as chauvinistic, adulterous and burly in the film, despite the fact that he was smaller framed, soft spoken, humble and gentle in reality. The film followed Dottie's own personal longtime publicized narrative of Bill being the adulterer, which he complied with as her scapegoat as not to hurt her public reputation, as fame was never as important to him as simply making music. Bill served not only as her songwriting partner, but also as manager, band leader, steel guitarist and driver, often working two jobs to support her dream. Other musicians who played in their band later admitted affairs with Dottie, which Bill knew of and accepted apologies from years after their divorce.