[DoodleDawg]

Lying to People about History Doesn't Help Them

Any movie, and I don't care which one you name, that says it was "Based of a true story" is actually very, very loosely based on a true story.

[Jeff Chandler]

Any movie, and I don't care which one you name, that says it was "Based of a true story" is actually very, very loosely based on a true story.

Yep. When a movie set in Missouri says it was "Based on a true story" the "true" part is often the fact that there does exist a state named Missouri.

[rlmorel]

I learned that the hard way...

If I see “this is a true story”, I now read it very differently than “this is based on a true story”.

Based on a true story means the hole of non-truth can be so big you could fly an airplane through it. And they do.