If you make a movie about a legendary individual, why does Hollywood have to add so much fiction to an already great story? Daniel, Moses and Lt. Barbour did not exist in Newton Knight's extraordinary life and all scenes involving them are FICTION. The Confederate commander pursuing Knight and friends was not shot near any church and then manually strangled. He was shot while dining at someone's house. I urge people to do their own research before wasting their time on fiction posing as fact and that is why I rate it a five. It's a shame because there are many incidents inserted into this movie that are truly believable and I'm sure are based on some other historical events but why package this movie as being about the historical Free State of Jones when it really is "history" turned into a morality play and not as advertised.
Review of Free State of Jones
