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Rating: 7/10 (18 July 2013)

42
Steroids in baseball are the result of white players trying to compete with their drug-free, non-white counterparts.
Thankfully, this biography takes place before integration, so there's no juicing.
In 1946, Montreal Royals second baseman Jackie Robison (Chadwick Boseman) breaks minor league baseball's colour barrier.
In 1947, he does the same in the MLB.
Despite opposition from his players, Brooklyn Dodgers' general manager, Branch Rickey (Harrison Ford), signs Robinson to play first base.
On a national stage, Jackie must keep his anger in check as he performs amid racial slurs from fans and chin music from pitchers.
Thankfully, he has his pregnant wife (Nicole Beharie) to keep him focused on winning.
Based on true events, 42 portrays Robinson's historic first season to satisfaction, but fails to expand to his other career accomplishments.
And eventually white fans did stop racially taunting African-American baseball players and moved onto racially taunting African-American hockey players.
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