Review of 42 (2013) by Bill M — 11 Jan 2014

The best to show this story. An exceptional sports movie.

This review of 42 (2013) was written by Bill M on 11 Jan 2014.

42 has generally received positive reviews.

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By Harvdog03 (99) on 30 Oct 2018

Really really good movie. Not a big fan of baseball but the subject matter of this movie is so much more than baseball…

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By Benny H (67) on 14 Jul 2018

Jackie Robinson takes a back seat to nobody…

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By Eric B (2,026) on 28 Jul 2016

42 is a Dramatic Biopic about Jackie Robinson the first African-American that broke out of the coloured leagues in the late 1940's and got…

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By Dan M (2,128) on 28 Apr 2017

Reminds me a bit of that movie Glory Road, another sports movie about how black athletes had to deal with rampant racism everywhere they went…

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By Christine P (218) 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…

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By Jacob B (1,524) on 01 Jan 2017

A truly inspirational sports biopic that successfully manages to focus on its two subject matters of baseball and racism back when black people…

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By Dwight Brown (181) for National Newspaper Publishers Association (180) on 07 Mar 2017

This honorable and enlightening film pays due respect to Jackie Robinson -- a sports legend and courageous American hero…

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By Sin S (150) 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…

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By Mark P (1,180) on 15 Dec 2018

I couldn't help but notice that on Day1 of Jackie Robinson career in the Big Leagues: 04/15/1947, film makers showed the national anthem being…

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By Playa0789 (7) on 25 Apr 2018

They end the movie after they won the penant not to tell you that his ass didn't win a ring until 8 years later…

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