Review of 42 (2013) by J D — 25 May 2014

I suppose it'd be a somewhat interesting viewing for anyone who is completely unaware of the Jackie Robinson story. Aside from maybe 1 or 2 scenes, this safe and predictable film could easily be shown to grade-school kids.

Antiseptic, color-by-numbers, in just about every way. The writing is sometimes groan-worthy, and no cliche is left unturned. Every scene is played and shot almost exactly how you would expect, and most of it seems to take place on a carefully constructed movie set.

Basically it's pretty much a Disney version of The Jackie Robinson story. But it gets the story across.