Some moviegoers may bristle at films boasting that their stories are “based on” or “inspired by” a true story. Although the marketing tactic may be capitalizing on the intrigue that the big-screen tale is based — at least, in part — on actual people and events, this approach has become so overused by studios that many biopics wind up as cliché-ridden history lessons that ultimately have little new light to shed on a given topic. In the case of The Walk, director Robert Zemeckis — the man behind such cinematic classics as Back to the Future and Forrest Gump —  cuts through to the heart of the story at hand, delivering a poignant message that deserves to be heard.

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