Review: ESPN's Catching Hell

I watched ESPN Films Catching Hell, which was billed as the story of Steve Bartman, the infamous foul ball and the aftermath. Some TV critics that I really respect, like Alan Sepinwall loved it. Our buddy Brent Axe called it terrific.I wish I had the same reaction. I really wanted to love the documentary and I think it worked very well in parts, but I can't call it terrific. Making a movie about an event that lasted 7 seconds is tricky, and when main subject is someone who won't talk to you, it limits the amount of material a filmmaker has to work with. In my opinion, there was an hour of great material in the movie. Unfortunately, with commercials, it clocked in at two hours.Catching Hell is a movie about the anguish of Cubs fans, yet it starts with a long introduction about how the incident is similar to the 1986 Boston Red Sox. We didn't get a single view of play that the whole documentary was about until 35 minutes in, and that's where I got frustrated.The Bart...