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- The Jackie Robinson movie 42 is a solid, respectable and crowd-pleasing sports biopic that never quite avoids feeling like a formulaic TV movie.
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Apr 11, 2013 · Review: Pleasing ‘42’ has Jackie Robinson’s number. By Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times Film Critic. April 11, 2013 12 AM PT. “God built me to last,” Jackie Robinson says at one point in “42,”...
Apr 15, 2013 · 42 —the movie about the life of famed baseball player, Jackie Robinson—couldn’t have come at a better time. It is a perfect movie for all people, of all races, ages and religions. Not only is...
Apr 11, 2013 · For this reason alone, “42” is a valuable film — a long overdue, serious big-screen biopic about one of the most important American pioneers of the 20th century. But this is more a ground-rule double than a grand slam.
Apr 11, 2013 · 42. The life of Jackie Robinson is so readymade for cinema that it would be hard to mess it up. And indeed, critics say 42 is a warm, inspirational tribute to a great American hero, even if it...
Apr 27, 2013 · 42 is a stirring film that illustrates the brutality of racism and the heroism of those individuals who sought to overcome the most troubling characteristic of American society in the twentieth century. Set in the immediate post-World War II years, 42 focuses primarily on Jackie Robinson’s first season with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947. A key ...
In 1946, Branch Rickey (Harrison Ford), legendary manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers, defies major league baseball's notorious color barrier by signing Jackie Robinson (Chadwick Boseman) to the team.
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- Biography, History, Drama
- PG-13
Apr 11, 2013 · 42 (United States, 2013) April 11, 2013. A movie review by James Berardinelli. 42 tells the (mostly) true tale of how Jackie Robinson (Chadwick Boseman) broke the Major League color barrier in 1947, becoming the first black player to appear in a Major League baseball game since 1884.
