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42
Directed by
Brian Helgeland
PG-13
2013
2h 8m
Drama
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Biography
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7.5
80%
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In 1947, Jackie Robinson becomes the first African-American to play in Major League Baseball in the modern era when he was signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers and faces considerable racism in the process.
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Cast of 42
Chadwick Boseman
Jackie Robinson
Harrison Ford
Branch Rickey
Nicole Beharie
Rachel Robinson
Christopher Meloni
Leo Durocher
Ryan Merriman
Dixie Walker
Lucas Black
Pee Wee Reese
André Holland
Wendell Smith
Alan Tudyk
Ben Chapman
Hamish Linklater
Ralph Branca
T.R. Knight
Harold Parrott
John C. McGinley
Red Barber
Toby Huss
Clyde Sukeforth
Max Gail
Burt Shotton
Brad Beyer
Kirby Higbe
James Pickens Jr.
Mr. Brock
Gino Anthony Pesi
Joe Garagiola
Brett Cullen
Clay Hopper
Jesse Luken
Eddie Stanky
Jamey Holliday
Pete Reiser
Derek Phillips
Bobby Bragan
Jamie Ruehling
Spider Jorgensen
Blake Sanders
Gene Hermanski
Johnny Knight
Carl Furillo
Clint O'Brien
Hugh Casey
Dusan Brown
Ed Charles
Cherise Boothe
Ed's Mother
Friedel Pinkston
Birmingham Catcher
Linc Hand
Fritz Ostermueller
Thomas Helgeland
Everett McCooey
Matt Clark
Luther
Peter MacKenzie
Happy Chandler
Joe Inscoe
Bob Cooke
Monnae Michaell
Mallie
Karole Foreman
Duff Harris
C.J. Nitkowski
Dutch Leonard
Scott Callaway
Andy Seminick
James Rackley
Phillie One
Aaron Farb
Phillie Two
Anthony S. Goolsby
Monarch Batter
Lou Criscuolo
Reporter One
Ross Hughes
Reporter Two
Joe Knezevich
Reporter Three
Mark Harelik
Herb Pennock
Kenny Cook
Fan One
David Sweeney
Fan Two
Rhoda Griffis
Miss Bishop
Daniel Fenlon
Babe Hamburger
Maury Covington
Policeman
Henry Friedman
Freckles
Holden Hansen
Freckle's Dad
Dan Mengini
Spectator One
Jon Kohler
Spectator Two
Marc Gowan
Doctor
Jackson Walker
Jimmy Powers
Danny Vinson
Eddie Dyer
Ari Blinder
Photographer
William Flaman
Cracker
Denise Moyé
Older Woman
Peter Jurasik
Hotel Manager
Michael H. Cole
Another Reporter
Janet Metzger
Jane Ann
Dax Griffin
Racist City Island Fan
Jayson Warner Smith
White Gas Station Attendant
Jeremy Ray Taylor
Boy
Christopher Harvey
Bus Driver
Kelley Jakle
Alice
Jud Tylor
Laraine Day
Tobias Michael Finn
Panamanian Kid
Ercell A. Grimes Jr.
Shouting Fan
Dwight Houser
City Island Umpire
Barry Suttle
Roosevelt Home Umpire
Andrew B. Roberts
Ball One Umpire
Jimmie L. Coleman
Negro League Umpire
Steve Hicks
Umpire One
Wayne Hickey
Umpire Two
Andrew C. Mullins
Umpire Three
Dennis A. Spears
Umpire Four
Gary Miller
Umpire Five
Todd Wilson
Reporter Four
David Thoms
Enos Slaughter
Richard Tavernaro
Deland Umpire
Hunter Clowdus
Dodger Bat Boy
Colman Domingo
Lawson Bowman (uncredited)
Benjamin C. Graham
Dodgers fan
42 Ratings & Reviews
Kevin McCormack
December 17, 2024
A good solid storytelling of the start, struggles and glorious victories of baseball player Jack Robinson. He was a man pushed to the forefront of US baseball and shamed those racist individuals with his brave and honest sportsmanship.
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle
A dramatization of what Robinson did and what it required, 42 will not disappoint.
Film.com
Laremy Legel
"A kind and decent film, though it doesn't add to Robinson's legacy."
Christian Science Monitor
Peter Rainer
The filmmaking is TV-movie-of-the-week dull and Robinson's ordeal is hammered home to the exclusion of virtually everything else in his life.
Film School Rejects
Kate Erbland
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.
National Newspaper Publishers Association
Dwight Brown
This honorable and enlightening film pays due respect to Jackie Robinson -- a sports legend and courageous American hero.
TIME Magazine
Mary F. Pols
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.
San Diego Reader
Matthew Lickona
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.
Film Comment Magazine
Graham Corrigan
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.
Grantland
Wesley Morris
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.
The New Yorker
David Denby
A square, uninventive, but detailed and stirring bio-pic devoted to the two years in an athlete's life that changed a nation.
Denver Post
Lisa Kennedy
This story inspires and entertains with a vital chapter in this nation's history.
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Leonard Maltin
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.
Detroit News
Tom Long
If anybody deserves to be portrayed as noble, it's Jackie Robinson.
Los Angeles Times
Kenneth Turan
Robinson's story had so much drama in real life, and his sacrifice and pain made such a lasting influence, that "42" ends up being effective in its gee-whiz way almost in spite of itself.
New York Post
Lou Lumenick
An inspiring, old-school biopic that doesn't pull any punches in depicting the ugly racism that Jackie Robinson faced on a daily basis as the first African-American player in Major League Baseball.
Slate
Dana Stevens
By burnishing Jackie Robinson's legend to such an unnaturally high polish, 42 does Robinson the man (and the actor who plays him, the relative newcomer Chadwick Boseman) a disservice.
Washington Post
Ann Hornaday
A stirring, straightforward and ultimately soaring portrayal of Robinson's historic entry into Major League Baseball in 1947.
TheWrap
Alonso Duralde
For all the 1940s hokiness of 42, with its big cars and big bands and peanuts and Cracker Jack, it's a wonderful surprise to see that there's a recognizable human being at the center of the hoopla.
Dallas Morning News
Chris Vognar
42 escapes the trappings of sheer hero worship largely thanks to Boseman, whose relative anonymity eliminates any potential star baggage. More than that, he strikes a tough balance.
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