Review of 42 (2013) by Tony W — 13 Sep 2013

A missed chance to be a great movie, the last 30 minutes of 42 are the best, the rest is a uninspired mess.

This review of 42 (2013) was written by Tony W on 13 Sep 2013.

42 has generally received positive reviews.

Was this review helpful?

Yes

More reviews of this movie:

More Reviews of 42

Review of 42 (2013)

By Galvy F (486) on 06 Feb 2017

Massive baseball fan, massively let down…

Read Review

Review of 42 (2013)

By Mark T (909) on 22 May 2017

MLB(Major League Baseball) celebrates Jackie Robinson 's day every April.'.All the players must wear his number 42 jersey in order to respect…

Read Review

Review of 42 (2013)

By Jamie M (489) on 06 Feb 2017

Massive baseball fan, massively let down…

Read Review

Review of 42 (2013)

By Kraftthecheese (2) on 07 Feb 2023

Love this movie as a baseball fan and I did some research and about 80% of what is in this movie actually happened…

Read Review

Review of 42 (2013)

By Filipe C (248) on 21 Jan 2018

Chadwick Boseman has been brilliantly playing the biggest African American figures for years, and yet no script has matched in weight the influence…

Read Review

Review of 42 (2013)

By Brad R (338) on 21 Mar 2017

Some elements of the story omitted due to Hollywoodization. This film sported, pun pun, the pitcher signals, with 4 or 5 appearing…

Read Review

Review of 42 (2013)

By Josh N (173) on 05 Sep 2017

42 was one of my favorite movies. It was inspiring and really good…

Read Review

Review of 42 (2013)

By Elyse W (64) on 23 Dec 2017

Inspirational and educational. These may be my favorite roles for Chadwick Boseman and Harrison Ford…

Read Review

Review of 42 (2013)

By Reel H (236) on 31 Jul 2017

Even though I really don't enjoy sports, I love sports movies. That's because they really aren't about sports. This movie is no different…

Read Review

Review of 42 (2013)

By Antony P (23) on 02 Sep 2016

42 gives us a way to see Jackie Robinson's life. And viewers are more aware of his heroism for it…

Read Review

More reviews of this movie

Reviews of Similar Movies

Review of Brubaker (1980)

By Alex K (2,253) on 09 Apr 2017

This Movie Was 34 Years Old In June Of 2014…

Read Review

Review of In the Realm of the Senses (1976)

By Wezul S (323) on 03 Jun 2014

Unbelievably thin and tedious excuse for schlocky shocks…

Read Review

Review of When Saturday Comes (1996)

By James M (2,946) on 30 Jul 2010

Rocky with balls, Sheffield accents and Tennants Extra…

Read Review

Review of Mae West (1982)

By Damien F (79) on 12 Feb 2015

The only flaw in this film is that Ann Jillian is too beautiful to be Mae. Unsurprisingly this is Jillian's film, and she is excellent…

Read Review

Review of Little Pink House (2018)

By Katie Walsh (1,279) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 18 Apr 2018

It's confusing and inconsistent, and no amount of Keener can truly anchor it…

Read Review

Review of The Dish (2000)

By Silvie B (13) on 29 Dec 2007

BORING !!! Yawnnnnn.... a waste of time. Good for OAPs ...Yes, only watched it till the end coz my friend has recommended it…

Read Review

Review of Amour Fou (2014)

By Jaime D (188) on 09 May 2016

Painfully slow paced, it undeniably brings up some interesting talking points but the experience of watching the film itself is frankly a bore…

Read Review

Review of John Rabe (2009)

By Peter Bradshaw (3,667) for Guardian (4,584) on 01 Apr 2010

Everything seems glossy and muted, like a romantic novel without romance and Rabe's tragically forlorn and unappreciated existence after the…

Read Review

Review of Beautiful Boy (2018)

By Mark G (832) on 12 Nov 2018

Boring and unrealistic far cry from the books…

Read Review

Review of Avalon (1990)

By Lawrence O'toole (21) for Entertainment Weekly (6,953) on 19 Apr 2015

The movie is the visual equivalent of a stranger picking out highlights from his family album and providing brief descriptions of them…

Read Review

More Reviews

Popular Movies Right Now

Upgrade

2018

76%696 Reviews

Oppenheimer

2023

85%310 Reviews

Inside Out

2015

86%1,276 Reviews

Parasite

2019

88%251 Reviews

The Judge

2014

67%866 Reviews

Alien: Covenant

2017

61%1,909 Reviews

Midsommar

2019

69%207 Reviews

Bullet Train

2022

66%170 Reviews

Everything Everywhere All at Once

2022

78%291 Reviews

Ready Player One

2018

72%1,541 Reviews