Screenwriters Boyce (24 Hour Party People, Millions) and Paterson do try to punch up the narrative with quite a few sensationalized bits
of drama (a suicide occurs in the film that never happened from a character that never existed) and a helping
of creative
license (no mention that Lomax meets Patti while he had still been married with children, or
of Patti's own children from a previous
marriage for that matter), but those moments feel like inauthentic, manipulative movie moments (the film ramps up the climax with murderous intent that was not prevalent in
reality), exacerbated by overcooked dialogue that not even these capable thespians can spout without it feeling manufactured.