Fresh
A dramatization of what Robinson did and what it required, 42 will not disappoint.
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
42
In a game divided by color, he made us see greatness.
2013 · 2h 8m · PG-13
Drama
Directed by
Brian Helgeland
Overview
In 1947, Jackie Robinson becomes the first Black man to play in Major League Baseball facing unabashed racism from the public, the press and other players.
Director and cast
- Brian Helgeland Director
- Chadwick Boseman as Jackie Robinson
- Harrison Ford as Branch Rickey
- Nicole Beharie as Rachel Robinson
- Christopher Meloni as Leo Durocher
- Ryan Merriman as Dixie Walker
- Lucas Black as Pee Wee Reese
- André Holland as Wendell Smith
- Alan Tudyk as Ben Chapman
- Hamish Linklater as Ralph Branca
- T. R. Knight Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
80%
Tomatometer
Fresh
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.
Mary F. Pols, TIME Magazine
Fresh
The style of the film, lush and traditional, is nothing special, but the takeaway, a daily struggle for dignity, is impossibly moving.
Joshua Rothkopf, Time Out New York
Rotten
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.
Wesley Morris, Grantland
Fresh
A square, uninventive, but detailed and stirring bio-pic devoted to the two years in an athlete's life that changed a nation.
David Denby, New Yorker
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