I've been fascinated with the Dionne quintuplets ever since I read their highly sanitized story "We Were Five", supposedly "written" by them back in tne 70's. This movie does a very good job portraying the circumstances of the times and what turned into one of the biggest stories of the Great Depression. The heartbreak we encounter as the Dionne's have their children taken away does not even come close to the real story. Beau Bridges has star billing and rightly so as he is excellent as the "country doctor". He must've studied footage of the actual Dr. Dafoe himself. I had issues with the fictional character of Helena Reid but she was a composite of the media at the time. All in all if you want to know anything about the Dionne quintuplets and the fascination the world had for them for a few brief, sad years, this is the movie for you.
Review of Million Dollar Babies
