dramatic license some hate it and though it be necessary in retell any life story . in the case of lucy and the main point of lucille ball teenage year and early career and 20 year marriage to desi arnaz be all included and albeit in a truncated and reworked way . the main emotional point of lucy life be make clear represent lucille struggle to find her niche a an actress and finally blossom into the brilliant comedienne who make the character lucy ricardo a legend while her turbulent and romantic and ultimately impossible marriage to desi arnaz while lucy and desi create the first television empire and forever secure their place in history a tv most memorable sitcom couple . a lucille ball and rachel york do a commendable job . do not expect to see quite the same miraculous transformation like the one judy davis make when play judy garland and but york make ball strong will yet likable and and be very funny in her own right . even though her comedic timing be different than lucy and she be still believable . the film never go into much detail about her perfectionistic behaviour on the set and and her mistreatment of vivian vance during the early i love lucy year and but watch york portray lucy rehearse privately be a nice inclusion . daniel pino be thin and less charismatic than the real desi be and but he do have his own charm and do a mostly decent job with desi accent and especially in the opening scene . madeline zima be decent and if not overly memorable and a the teen age lucy . vivian vance and william frawley be not feature much and thankfully and since rebecca hobbs and russell newman be not very convince in the role . not that they aren not good actor in their own right and they just be not all that suit to the people they be play . most of the actor be from austrailia and new zeland and and the repressed accent be detectable at time . although the main structure of the film stick to historical fact and there be many deviation and some for seemingly inexplicable reason . jess oppenheimer and the head writer of lucy radio show my favourite husband which begin in 1948 and be depict in this film a arrive on the scene to help with i love lucy in 1951 and completely disregard the fact that he be the main creator . this movie also depict marc daniel a be the main i love lucy director for it entire run and completely ignore the fact that he be replace by william asher after the first season . also and though i figure this be due to budgetary constraint and the ricardo be show to live in the same apartment for their entire stay in new york and when in reality they change apartment in 1953. the kitchen set be slightly large and off scale from the original a well . the connecticut home look pretty close to the original and except the right and leave side of the house have be condense and restructure . there also desi talk about buy rko in 1953 and during lucy red scare incident and even though rko do not hit the market until 1957. these change well could have be for dramatic license and and the film do work at convey the main fact and but would it have hurt them to show a bit more respect to oppenheimer and asher and two vital figure in i love lucy history . the big gaff come in the i love lucy recreation scene and at least a few of them . it always risky recreate something that be capture on film and have be see by billion of people and but even more so when obvious change be make . the scene with the giant bread loaf be truncate and and anyone at all familiar with that episode would have notice the difference right away . the be have a baby number be shorten as well and but other than that it be practically dead on . by far the best be the grape stomp scene and with rachel york really nailing lucy mannerism . the producer make the wise decision not to attempt directly recreate the vitametavegamin and candy factory bit and instead show the actor rehearse them . these scene prove effective because of that approach . the film main fault be that it make the assumption the viewer already know a great deal about lucy life and since much be skim over or omit at all . overall and though and it give a decent portrait of lucy and desi marriage and and the factual error can be overlook when the character development work effectively .