Lady Sings The Blues

E:
G & I try to switch up our netflix queue. We alternate between an old moobie and a new one. Our latest was an old one. Lady Sings The Blues is from 1972, a great year by any measure. This was Diana Ross' film debut and I thought she did a good job. But overall I wasn't that happy with the film. It's supposed to be the story of Billie Holiday, the great jazz singer. But, as I am a huge fan of jazz music, I am somewhat familiar with her story; and this didn't look all that familiar. There were some similarities with what I remember about her life but a lot of things that I had never heard about. I googled her story after finishing the film in a state of confusion and sure enough, they took a LOT of liberties.
If you don't care how true it is, I guess the movie is alright. Like I said, Diana Ross did a good job for her first time out - depicting a junkie and all. And Billy Dee Williams is his normal suave self. But there are plenty of other good moobies to choose from.