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

| Mar 7, 2017

A dramatization of what Robinson did and what it required, 42 will not disappoint.

| Original Score: 3/4 | May 7, 2014

It's not easy to play a stoic, but Boseman anchors the movie, and when he smiles, 42, already such a warm story of such cold times, gets even brighter.

| May 7, 2014

The style of the film, lush and traditional, is nothing special, but the takeaway, a daily struggle for dignity, is impossibly moving.

| Original Score: 4/5 | May 7, 2014

The story isn't much more than a hit parade of "Shut up, racist" moments -- Alan Tudyk's opposing manager just oozes with venomous talk -- but its blunt force is enough to get the job done.

| May 7, 2014

As a fond gesture to a country coming out of the dark ages, 42 is a good-hearted attempt at Robinson's story regardless of the historical realities it chose to gloss over.

| May 7, 2014

The film certainly feels both well-meaning and well-intentioned, but 42 can't quite find a suitable tone or flow, fluctuating between quiet moments that convey tremendous emotion and over-the-top, hammy, stagey, and exposition-heavy sequences.

| Original Score: C+ | May 7, 2014

So 66 years after Robinson became the first black major league baseball player, here we are with 42, which has been made with such reverence for Robinson's importance that Robinson is barely there.

| Jan 6, 2014

I wanted to kick Ford/Rickey into next Christmas, and you can add the movie. Its corny triumphalism is barely bearable.

| Original Score: 1/5 | Sep 13, 2013

Rousing climaxes, mostly well-earned, arrive every half-hour.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 12, 2013

Boseman gives Robinson personal self-assurance to match his physical confidence; and it's enjoyable to watch Ford stretching into a character role as the stubborn, shrewd but good-hearted Rickey.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 12, 2013

It's a gloriously sentimental, shamelessly enjoyable slice of apple pie that sugar-coats on a Willy Wonka scale.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 12, 2013

A well-told but square biopic doing justice to Jackie Robinson rather than exploring him.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 9, 2013

A square, uninventive, but detailed and stirring bio-pic devoted to the two years in an athlete's life that changed a nation.

Full Review | Apr 22, 2013

This story inspires and entertains with a vital chapter in this nation's history.

Full Review | Apr 12, 2013

The filmmaking is 온라인카지노추천-movie-of-the-week dull and Robinson's ordeal is hammered home to the exclusion of virtually everything else in his life.

| Original Score: C- | Apr 12, 2013

"A kind and decent film, though it doesn't add to Robinson's legacy."

| Original Score: 7.5/10 | Apr 12, 2013

I've become gun-shy about trusting any film that's telling a true story, so I don't know how accurate 42 is... but it does hit the essential points of a great American saga.

| Apr 12, 2013

In the hallowed frames of 42, the legend is front and centre and still inspiring. Too bad the more interesting man is nowhere to be seen.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Apr 12, 2013

If anybody deserves to be portrayed as noble, it's Jackie Robinson.

| Original Score: B | Apr 12, 2013