A Million Little Pieces.
When I first put it on, I kept trying to remember why the title felt familiar, but couldn't quite place it. I kept thinking it was a book written by Wally Lamb or something.
The movie started out okay, but it felt... I just couldn't suspend disbelief. Something was just off. Then I remembered... it was that book that pissed Oprah off because it was sold as a memoir and it was super fabricated. That's how the movie felt, too. When it clicked in my brain that this was the movie based on that book, I couldn't shake it and finished watching (probably 70% left) with impatience and annoyance that I got suckered into watching it. The Mark Twain quote that flashed on the screen in the very beginning smacked me right in the face: '
I've lived through some terrible things in my life, some of which actually happened.”
I get that movies (and books) are embellished, but the whole thing irritated me for some reason. Like, bro. We already know you're a liarpants. Why are you still telling this lie like it's the truth?