The backlash for The Greatest Showman is so overblown that it astounds me. I've seen so many negative reviews for it's revisionist history solely due to the fact that PT Barnum was actually quite an awful person in real life and isn't in the movie. While I can't argue against that point I can say:
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Commodus was a well liked ruler that actually led his people for over a decade and did not die in the arena. Gladiator won 5 Academy Awards.
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William Wallace and King Edward did not die at the same time. Isabella was 13 at the time of Wallace's death and had not even married Edward yet. They somehow left out a bridge in the film during The Battle of Sterling Bridge. Braveheart won 5 Academy Awards.
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Pocahontas was 10 during the actual events of the movie. She then later was captured, married a different man, changed her name to Rebecca, became a Christian, and then died at the age of 21. Well that's not the beloved Disney movie I grew up with...
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John Nash had a number of sexual relationships with men and was actually a pretty big asshole in real life especially to his son and wife. A Beautiful Mind won 4 Oscars.
Now I'm not saying that The Greatest Showman is an Oscar worthy movie on the same caliber as those I named but I've seen far too many reviews in the negative because of it being inaccurate and not because of the film itself.