Amazing acting, very inspirational and heartfelt

Rating: 7/10 (5 February 2019)

Jackie Robinson was the first black baseball player in the Dodgers, and in taking on that role he faced tremendous challenges with racist America. Segregation was the norm, in EVERYTHING, and only the white baseball players got to be accredited. Robinson is portrayed (rightfully so) as a very emotionally strong character who fought racism by controlling his anger (although he had a right to be angry). He did not fight anyone or give them a chance to accuse him of anything, he simply out-played them.
I love almost everything about this movie, but the thing that stands out is the quality of the acting. It must be very awkward to yell out racial slurs, and even more awkward to take it, but the execution was flawless and lifelike.
The one criticism I have is specific to me and my knowledge of baseball (or lack thereof). I do not usually enjoy sports movies because I do not know much, and this movie did a good job of balancing the sports and social commentary, but I got tremendously bored during the first half of the movie because it was primarily sports-talk.
Overall, really good movie. I would recommend this to a friend who enjoyed sports movies. 0 explosions, but still good.