Sam Taylor-Johnson’s adaptation of the discredited memoir doesn’t acknowledge the controversy, save for an opening quote from Mark Twain: ‘I’ve lived through some terrible things in my life, some of which actually happened.’ And yet, the director’s beautifully staged and energetically performed version often leaves the viewer wondering: how did anyone ever buy this material as a novel, let alone as a memoir?īilly Bob Thornton, for example, is tremendous as Leonard, a father figure with a murderous past. In early 2006, the Smoking Gun published an article titled A Million Little Lies, detailing the fabrications in Frey's account of his drug abuse experiences, life, and criminal record. That, however, was only the start of Frey's story. It became the bestselling book on Amazon and spent 15 weeks at the top of the New York Times bestseller list. In 2005, James Frey's addiction memoir, A Million Little Pieces, was selected for Oprah Winfrey's bookclub.
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