12 is a movie made with mostly kid amateur players.actors. Director Grimaldi decided to use these kids as an opportunity for these kids to learn about movie making while actually having fun making a movie. It is nit an overwrought story of crazy parents and driven but miserable kids. It us the story of a kid who wanted to put in the work to become better. How many of us as coaches have asked our kids to do the extra r=things to make themselves better-play catch, do push ups, work on fundamentals even if they are hiring. This story hits all of this. It is as true a coaching and playing movie as I have seen, and I have been around baseball for forty-five years.