Review of 42 (2013) by Scott Tobias for AV Club — 10 Apr 2013
The Jackie Robinson biopic 42 operates in a box inside of a box—and not the batter’s box, either, because that would imply it has some freedom to swing away. It’s thoroughly embalmed in the glossy lacquer of conventional baseball movies, and limited further by trying to deal with the horrors of racism in that context.
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This review of 42 (2013) was written by Scott Tobias and published by AV Club on 10 Apr 2013.
42 has generally received positive reviews.
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