"There's an unspoken rule you don't reveal reversals in the third act," says Wilmington. Ebert wrote me, "A critic who gives away something like that in his original review will have scorn and hatred heaped upon him by moviegoers. Believe me, I know."
Well, I'm no Ebert fan, but I'm sure he's right about that. Ron Kuby described the movie as "manipulative" and I'm sure he's right about that. I have to say that my opinion is that they HAVE been mis-representing this movie and I'm VERY GLAD I didn't go to see it. I would have been horrified.
It is advertised as a story of triumph, when in fact it is a story of despair.
Read Ebert's 'Great Movies' series. It will turn you into a fan. He's at his best these days writing about older movies.