Tom Sizemore (right) had the hairdo, but little else of his Pete Rose portrayal seemed accurate to the Enquirer's panel of Hustle viewers. Provided/ESPN

On Saturday night, ESPN will debut its movie Hustle, which chronicles the downfall of Reds great Pete Rose. Hustle centers on the relationship between Rose (played by Tom Sizemore) and Paul Janszen (Dash Mihok), the man who told Major League Baseball about Rose's gambling habits. The Enquirer held an advance screening for four readers; here's what they had to say.

Did the movie change your views on Pete Rose at all?

Dan DeVoe (Miami Township): I don't think it shed any new light, and we're definitely slanted in Cincinnati. I've been a fan of Pete all my life, and you can't help but feel the way you feel.

Andrea Henderson (West Chester): I knew going in that this would present a one-sided view, and it had a one-sided feel, so I'm not going to take everything in the movie as gospel.

Brady Melton (College Hill): When I watched the movie, I felt sorry for him. I saw someone who was being challenged by demons. And to feed those demons, he surrounded himself with weak people.

Jim Todd (Fort Mitchell): It was definitely slanted. It was based on the Dowd Report. So it's basically Paul's (Paul Janszen's) story. And that's not really anything new.

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How do you think Paul Janszen was portrayed?

Dan DeVoe (Miami Township): In everything I've read, I've never thought of him as a dim bulb. And that's how he's portrayed.

Andrea Henderson (West Chester): This almost portrays him as a flawed good guy, because it is from his perspective.

Brady Melton (College Hill): I saw him as someone who tried his best, but when he was pushed up against the wall, he did what he had to do.

Jim Todd (Fort Mitchell): They want you to be sympathetic toward him, and that's not the way it really should be.

What do you feel was inaccurate?

Dan DeVoe (Miami Township): Pete was an athlete. He wasn't that fat. He didn't walk with a hunch.

Andrea Henderson (West Chester): The voice was wrong. Pete didn't talk like that.

Brady Melton (College Hill): Marge Schott was way off. They could have found someone much better to play her.

Jim Todd (Fort Mitchell): They showed his competitiveness during the gambling scenes, but they didn't show it during the baseball scenes.

What did you like?

Dan DeVoe (Miami Township): (You can see) where the public outcry came from. (The movie makers) didn't show the fans and their reaction, but they showed you why the fans felt the way they did.

Andrea Henderson (West Chester): The hair was right on, but they used it as a prop almost. They put a wig on him and said, "If the hair's there, it's Pete Rose."

Brady Melton (College Hill): Pete's description about how he played baseball, during his speech, when he applies that to why he gambled. That was accurate. (In the speech, Rose talks about how he wasn't afraid to take risks on the field, which made him great.)

Jim Todd (Fort Mitchell): They showed the part about there being no finding by Baseball that Pete bet on baseball, then (Commissioner Bart) Giamatti turning around and saying he didn't believe that. They showed that Pete got shorted on the deal.

Would this movie be more effective as a straight documentary?

Dan DeVoe (Miami Township): So much of his life during this time was behind closed doors. It had to be dramatized.

Andrea Henderson (West Chester): Without a doubt.

Brady Melton (College Hill): (Yes). It was way too simplistic. They bang you over the head with the point instead of letting you think for yourself.

Jim Todd (Fort Mitchell): In that way, they could have continued on with a lot of things that weren't touched on in the movie.

- Ryan Ernst