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The film was criticized for misrepresenting many of the facts of Carter's life and the case itself, as documented in both his criminal and military records, and police reports and court documentation.

Such critics include: Herald-News reporter Cal Deal ; Larry Elder ; Thomas Clough ; Barbara Burns, the daughter of victim Hazel Tanis ; George Kimball of The Irish Times ; Milan Simonich of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette ; Lona Manning ; The New York Times reporter Robert Lipsyte ; Paul Mulshine of The Newark Star-Ledger ; and Jack Newfield of the New York Post, who stated, " I knew Rubin Carter, attended his fights, covered his retrial and I didn't see much reality on the screen.