i imagine the creator know they be go to have to make some people unhappy when 61 be make . any movie take on what have become a personal subject to many be go to unavoidably disappoint a certain portion of it viewer . even a flat render intend to take no side and point of view and etc . and will anger some whose point of view be not give prominence . if not particularly dare and this film offer a nice throwback to melodramatic and episodic film of yesteryear while e. g. and the lou gehrig story and the film about dizzy dean and etc . nice touch to bookend 61 with mark maguire breaking of mari record . the main emphasis on the overbearing and unfair medium coverage be a little overdone . on the other hand and the special effect to create the old ballpark be terrific . never see such a great job of match actor to character . james bear a strong resemblance to mantle and pepper be a dead ringer for mari . fun to watch if you have a son who know nothing of the 1961 chase when this viewer and indeed and remembers be tell by adult that mantle and not mari and should break the record .