Any fan of baseball need to watch this movie. It's a home run!

Rating: 8/10 (11 May 2013)

This was a great movie even if you are not a baseball fan you will love this movie. It's a wonderful film and amazing story of the baseball legend himself, Jackie Robinson (Chadwick Boseman). Robinson is so important to baseball that his number 42 went into retirement with him throughout the whole major league. No other player, got that. Not even Ty Cobbs, Babe Ruth or Hank Aaron. Before this, I don't think I ever saw Chadwick Boseman in anything much less even know his name, but he pulls off a very believable Robinson. The movie tells the story how Brooklyn Dodger's owner Branch Rickey (Harrison Ford) was able to bring in Robinson, and finally break the color barrier in the sport of Baseball. Harrison Ford is outstanding. Happy to see Harrison Ford in a decent film. It wouldn't shock me if he were to be nominated for Best Supporting Actor. Thank goodness for people like Branch Rickey that make this world a little brighter. I kinda wish the movie would have mentioned the person who scouted Robinson and actually introduced him to Branch Rickey. Clyde Sukeforth. A former catcher who managed the first two games Jackie Robinson played in a Dodger, but oh well. Written and Directed by Brian Helgeland miss a few historic moments in the film. I guess it was best to leave out what happen in 1947's World Series with the Yankees. I know it might lower the mood, but hey, it's history. Anyways, they can always show 1955's World Series where the Dodgers were really champions. While, personally, I'm not a Dodgers fan, I do like baseball. I know by limiting your story to one team might hurt the movie due to the huge different fan base for teams, I think it was important for the film to focus on the Dodgers. While there were a few Historical inaccuracies. Just for example like Wendell Smith (Andre Holland) and Jackie Robinson actually met even earlier than the Boston try out when Jackie faced a court martial while in the Army for insubordination for not going to the back of a bus when ordered to. Thankfully Jackie was exonerated and this terrible experience for Jackie went an long way towards Branch Rickey choosing him to be the first black major league ballplayer. It's still good with the information they do put into film. It's based on. Not all the events are historically accurate. And I don't need spoilers galore on how events are laid out in the movie. Maybe you need a reality check on how movies work. About the racism portray in the film. Yes, it's a bit harsh in some scenes, but at less they didn't make all the whites look like racists. There were a few supporting characters helping Jackie Robinson on his way. I would have love to see a bit of racist attitude of blacks against some whites so the movie doesn't feel like a movie about white guilt. Let's remember that racism isn't a black and white issue, but any race can be racist to another. Sad to know what he had endured back then. When I see what people had been through to overcome that, such a motivating to better our society. Brilliant! I can't imagine the restraint it must have taken for Robinson to not smash that guys face in, that one scene. Yes, there is a lot of black stories movies of pushing beyond racial barriers film, to the point, it's over sanitize the genre. So grateful that society had matured over the centuries give him coo-does for standing up for himself as he was a great ball player. Well paced and well acted film. The music score was amazing and beautiful to hear. 42 is a must watch.