Review of 42 (2013) by Rodney P — 26 Nov 2013

A mostly well-done biography - but falls a bit short of its potential.

This review of 42 (2013) was written by Rodney P on 26 Nov 2013.

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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 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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By Logan M (1,902) on 06 Feb 2017

Massive baseball fan, massively let down…

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By Peter I (75) on 23 Jan 2017

Inspirational! A true American hero perfectly portrayed on the big screen…

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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…

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By Lisa S (1,201) on 07 Mar 2018

A dramatization of the beginning of the professional career of Jackie Robinson, the first black person to play in Major League Baseball…

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There was a time when baseball films where the go-to sports films of Hollywood and there were plenty that were actually very good; Kevin Costner…

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By Richard Z (25) 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…

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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…

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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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