Reviews

Greetings Princess, it is I Carlos the Dwarf! I have slayed the dragon and you are now free to rule your country. -James Franco as Daniel as Carlos the Dwarf

All this show needed was a chance, and I am dissapointed that it didn't get one. Actually, I didn't start watching this until I discovered James Franco as an amazing upcoming actor, and wanted to see more of him. So I started watching the reruns on Fox Family and found out what a good show it was. I loved all the characters and related with both the Freaks and Geeks because I have always been sort of a mixture of both like Lindsay. My favorite episode was the finale, where Nick ends up finding Disco, Kim and Lindsay go with two groovy people to see The Greatfull Dead, and Daniel has fun playing D&D with the geeks. It ended just the way it should.

I agree with other reviewers that this show was more realistic about teenagers, and is to TV, what Rebel Without A Cause is to movies. Both really set a standard for showing teens how they really are, and focuses on how it's so hard to fit in with the popular kids and society itself. They both also show how hard it is to be yourself, when everybody is judging you constantly.

The movie in itself could have been much better. Many of the facts weren't quite right and I agree that it should have been longer. But I don't look at this movie that way, and so I am able to deeply enjoy this movie. For me, what makes this movie work is the way they portray James Dean. I am yet another James Franco admirer for his incredible job in playing Dean, and I also like the way he was looked upon. Since watching this movie I have found myself deeply interested in the Icon and watching all his movies, and even reading a bio on him. And I have found it interesting that everyone who knew him, and even people that didn't know him, all have different interpretations on who James Dean really was. They all see him in a different way. I really like the way he was seen in this TV movie. The writers could have done a better job with the story but did a GREAT job in creating James Dean as they saw him.

This is a good movie for getting a whole new generation of people watching James Dean. This isn't the best movie for people who want to know more about him. For that, go read a book on him, but try not to get too much of a biased one. This is a good movie for going more inside the personality and mind of James Dean. I think whoever chose which way to go with the interpretation must have really liked James Dean when everything comes down to it, as well as the director Mark Rydell.

Great acting by everyone, especially Franco, Mark Rydell (as Jack Warner), and Rydell's daughter Amy Rydell (as Christine). She seemed incredibly likeable, like someone I would want to be friends with. And that's how it seems she really was.