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Genre : Biography, Drama, Sport
Release Date : April 12, 2013
MPAA Rating : PG-13
Duration : 128 minute(s)
Production Budget : -
Studio : Warner Bros. Pictures
Official Site : http://www.42movie.com/
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there's no problem, in principle, with a white filmmaker making a movie about a black cultural hero, or vice versa
by Dana Stevens [Slate ]
it's a perfectly unexceptional but slickly made, sincerely acted, often entertaining, sometimes manipulative and always watchable blend of action
by Rex Reed [New York Observer ]
but it is useful for young viewers to have a look at the world their grandparents were born into, a world that is still frequently given, in movies and on television, a glow of nostalgic innocence
by A.O. Scott [New York Times ]
but his screen time is all too brief. What we're left with is good intentions but not a particularly good movie
by Connie Ogle [Miami Herald ]
a relentlessly formulaic biopic that succeeds at transforming one of the most compelling sports narratives of the 20th century into a home run of hagiography
by Scott Foundas [Variety ]
"42" is as much Rickey's story as Robinson's, and Harrison Ford gives his best performance
by Charlie McCollum [San Jose Mercury News ]
Review rate : B
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